Picture: Thai Rath
Thailand's DPM and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has indicated that he will NOT be ditching his face mask and has praised Thais for sticking to them.
And he he has said in pointed comments that "people in other places" may not be wearing them but Thais still were.
He was clearly referring to countries abroad and foreigners where masks have been ditched for a long while now.
In Thailand people like TV presenters still wear masks and the habit is still widespread in Bangkok and many cities especially inside shops. School children have had to wear them through the first semester that is coming to an end.
Anutin was at Khon Kaen university on the day that Covid-19 was downgraded to a communicable disease being watched, reported Thai Rath.
Picture: Thai Rath
The CCSA is being disbanded and visitors to Thailand will no longer have to have vaccinations or ATK tests from the end of next week.
But tourists arriving in Thailand may be surprised that so many people are still wearing masks. That is unlikely to change at the end of next week, suggests ASEAN NOW.
Reporters pressed Anutin yesterday about the Covid baton being passed to the Ministry of Public Health from the Communicable Disease Committee.
He responded by praising himself and the press for continuing to wear masks.
"We're "na rak" aren't we," he quipped. It's an expression that means "lovely".
"People in other places may have stopped wearing them but we Thais are still doing it.
"We have to remember that wearing masks is not just a preventative measure for Covid but protects people against resipratory and gastrointestinal diseases too", he noted.
He thanked everyone for their co-operation throughout the pandemic referring to two years of fear adding that Thailand was in control as ever.
He said that the disease was still with us but we have to live with it.
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