The desperate need to get the economy back on track is leaving the government no choice but to work toward a full-scale reopening of the country amid lingering fear of a post-Songkran festival spike in Covid-19 cases, according to experts.
Former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said the government is under immense pressure to restore the pandemic-battered economy.
The government has no choice but to reopen the country or try to return it to normalcy sooner rather than later as most other nations are doing, he said.
Meanwhile, the government has been saying the pandemic will soon be relegated to an endemic as caseloads and fatalities drop. “But…
