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Thailand ranks fourth in Covid-19 response

A man sprays disinfectant at Banbangkapi School in Bangkok as City Hall prepares to open 437 schools under its administration on Monday. (Photo by Somchai Poomlard)

Thailand ranks fourth in terms of success in containing the coronavirus pandemic in a ranking by an Australian think tank, trailing New Zealand, Vietnam and Taiwan.

Overall, Asia-Pacific nations have been the most successful at containing the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Sydney-based Lowy Institute.

Lowly used publicly available data to evaluate and rank 97 countries and a region in their coronavirus response in the 36 weeks that followed their 100th confirmed case.

Notably, China was not included in the ranking due to what the think tank said was a “lack of publicly available data on testing”.

Fourteen-day rolling averages were…

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