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PM rallies forces for Covid battle

PM rallies forces for Covid battle

Governors, troops, police on alert

People wait for their turn at a vaccination centre at Bang Sue Grand Station on the first day after service resumed after the long New Year holiday. (Photo: Apichit Jinakul)

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed all provincial governors to brace for a possible surge in the number of new Covid-19 infections, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Saturday.

In their capacity as chairmen of provincial communicable disease committees, governors must be ready to enforce Covid-19 control measures in a new fight to contain the virus, said Mr Thanakorn.

The PM had also ordered all state-run healthcare facilities to prepare staff for a rise in the number of new…

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