News Forum - Government health officials approve plan to make Covid endemic in Thailand by July

[Thaiger]

The Public Health Ministry’s plan to make Covid-19 endemic in Thailand by July 1 has been given the green light. The plan was approved yesterday by the National Communicable Disease Committee, giving Thailand under 4 months to downgrade the virus from pandemic status. According to health minister Anutin Charnvirakul, Thailand is adopting a policy of safeguarding the health of both citizens and the economy simultaneously, similar to what’s being done in several other countries. He says that in order for the virus to be classified as endemic, a number of measures need to be implemented in the coming months. These […]

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[Tea]

Unbelievable, a health minister that clearly doesn't understand the definition of an endemic versus that of a pandemic! Also, the 4 stages described do not seem to come with any strategy to achieve the stated goals. It's a donkey fest!

[Cabra]

Interpretation: 2022 will be more of the same. Unincumbered travel for international tourist will not likely come about until November 2022 (at the earliest).

[Nat]

Ummmm I do not think requiring the wearing of face masks, antigen testing to get into businesses/go to work/enter clubs (if that is what he meant), nor avoiding mass gatherings has anything to do with endemic "living with it". Did we ever do this for deadly flu strains or TB?

Maybe this fool Auntin has been smoking too much of that cannabis. What an out of touch authoritarian idiot.

[farang]

nat you are 100% right. anutin needs to go.open the country without all the b/s.im usa guy whos been trying to return for the last two years.and ive been living in thai 18 years,six months each year.until this covid crap.hope i can return this fall,in sept or oct. chock dee to you.liked your post nat.

[Soidog]

The only actual plan here is further manipulation of the data. More pressure on those who report Covid deaths to look for other reasons etc. If it wasn’t so important you could laugh at it. You literally wouldn’t let this lot walk your dog. Mad as a box of frogs the lot of em. 

[Totoro]

Hey YOU VIRUS go home. Your visa has expired.500 bath per day if you overstay it. Piss off.

[Saunk]

11 hours ago, farang said:

chock dee to you.liked your post nat.

I bet you did, Mr. Suave.