Thailand’s PM Prayut orders health services to prepare for post-Songkran Covid spike

Government spokespersons announced yesterday that Thailand’s PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the country’s health institutes to prepare for a spike in Covid-19 infections following the Songkran holiday, when people return to work. This includes the Ministry of Public Health, and other state agencies.

Today, there are 128 new Covid-related deaths, and 17,775 new cases recorded. The number of new daily Covid cases continues to trend down for the past 2 weeks, whilst deaths are slowly trending upward. Today is the highest number of Covid-related deaths since numbers have been over 100 for the past 8 days.

Bu health authorities have continually warned of a possible surge during Songkran when Thais traditionally head back home for the Thai new year.

A spokesperson reported that PM Prayut is confident that Thailand has adequate medical supplies and healthcare resources for the…