Thailand could see 10,000 Covid-19 cases per day by the year’s end unless the vaccination rate picks up, a senior doctor told Thai Enquirer on Monday.

 

10,000 cases per day by year's end not out of the question, senior doctor says

July 5, 2021

Thailand could see 10,000 Covid-19 cases per day by the year's end unless the vaccination rate picks up, a senior doctor told Thai Enquirer on Monday.

The country is currently seeing close to 6,000 cases per day with +6,082 cases on Monday. The number has risen steadily from some 2,000 cases per day in early May.

Now a doctor at Siriraj Hospital say that a combination of unrestricted travel and the Delta variant of the virus could have the country facing 10,000 cases a day by year's end.

"The Delta spreads faster than any previous version of this virus and the government's shutdown order has meant workers moving back to their home provinces," said a senior doctor at Siriraj Hospital on condition of anonymity citing possible reprisal.

"That means that the construction camps, where these Delta cases were first reported and concentrated, will likely become a supercluster that spreads the disease to other provinces."

According to the doctor, the "only hope" from the country now is to vaccinate as many people as fast as possible.

"That means the GPO and the government's medical advisers needs to get their heads out of their ass and embrace mRNA vaccines," he said.

"They are too afraid right now of the future, that's why they're sticking so adamantly to Sinovac but it is clear now that Sinovac will do nothing to stop Delta."