authorities in Bangkok are preparing to shift their Covid strategy to an ‘endemic phase’, as the Thai Public Health Ministry acknowledges a steep drop in infections and deaths.
According to a Nation Thailand report, Kiattiphum Wongrajit from the health ministry says the vaccine rollout, coupled with home isolation programmes and outpatient schemes, has contributed to the significant improvement in the capital’s Covid situation.
Before Songkran, doomsday predictions claimed that daily cases of Covid would exceed 100,000 infections. But back on planet earth, daily numbers actually headed in the opposite direction and have been under 10,000 for 3 days now. Daily deaths are also trending swiftly downward.
Nearly all Bangkok residents have now received 2 doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, with around 60% of residents have had at least 1 booster dose. Kiattiphum says this high…
