Thailand News Today | Academic says Omicron may have already peaked

Last week, as some Thai doctors were having fun predicting a ‘doomsday’ scenario with up to 100,000 new Covid infections per day post-Songkran, one academic just had to kill the party by citing..whoops… “real data”, that indicates Omicron may have already peaked in Thailand.

In a Facebook post over the weekend, a science lecturer from Chulalongkorn University Jessada referred to Public Health Ministry data that shows a surge in Omicron cases in February, with infections peaking in early March.
Jessada says case numbers subsequently began to rise again at the end of March, due to the arrival of the new BA.2 sub-variant. However, the infection rate has continued to fall throughout April.

“Hence, he said we can confirm that the number of Covid cases in Thailand is currently on a downward trajectory, in line with the global situation, which saw new cases peak 2 months ago…