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måndag 25 april 2022

Sun will be directly over Thailand on Wednesday, but not the hottest day | The hottest day ever in Thailand was on April 28th, 2016, in Muang district of the northern province of Mae Hong Son, when the temperature recorded at 44.6oC. PBS World

Sun will be directly over Thailand on Wednesday, but not the hottest day

The sun will be directly over Thailand at 12.16pm this Wednesday, but it will not be the hottest day, according to the Meteorological Department.

The department's Director of central weather forecasting Somkuan Tonjan said today (Monday) that temperatures in Bangkok are only forecast to vary between 36^oC and 39^oC on Wednesday because there will be some cloud cover.

Weather across Thailand has been hot to very hot since the beginning of this month, but it will be cooler after Wednesday, due to a low pressure system and the south-easterly winds, which will bring humidity from the Gulf of Thailand to parts of Thailand from Friday.

The clash of cool air, heat and humidity will bring rain to several areas, which will ease the hot weather, he said.

The hottest day ever in Thailand was on April 28^th, 2016, in Muang district of the northern province of Mae Hong Son, when the temperature recorded at 44.6^oC.

Other record hot days in Thailand were as follows:

April 28^th, 1960 in the north-eastern province of Udon Thani, 43.9^oC
May 22^nd, 1983 in Bangkok, 40.8^oC
April 23^rd, 1990 in Kabin Buri district of the eastern province of Prachin Buri, 42.9^oC
March 29^th, 1992 in Muang district of the southern province of Trang, 40.5^oC
April 11^th, 2016 in Nong Phlap district of Prachuap Khiri Khan, 42^oC

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söndag 24 april 2022

Twelve of Thailand’s 77 provinces should be able to declare Covid-19 an endemic disease soon, before the national deadline to end the pandemic in July, the Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) said. The Nation

12 provinces on course to declare endemic Covid-19 soon

Provinces will transition to an endemic when the Covid-19 death rate drops below 0.1 per cent of cases for two consecutive weeks.

The death rate is currently at 0.31 per cent across Thailand.

The government has set a deadline of July 1 to declare an end to the pandemic.

However, 12 provinces where the death rate is declining are close to declaring an endemic. These provinces are Phetchaburi, Surat Thani, Krabi, Ranong, Trang, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phuket, Satun, Songkhla, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, CCSA spokesman Taweesilp Visanuyothin said on Friday.

The timeline for transition to endemic Covid-19 has four phases:

- Combat (level 4): March 12 to early April

- Plateau (level 3): April to May

- Decline (level 2): End of May to June

- Post-pandemic (level 1): July 1 onwards

Another 21 provinces are currently in the combat phase. These are Lamphun, Phrae, Lampang, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Sakon Nakhon, Bueng Kan, Loei, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Nakhon Phanom, Nong Khai, Yasothon, Maha Sarakham, Sisaket, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Nayok, Kanchanaburi and Uthai Thani.

The remaining 44 provinces are in the plateau phase. These are Bangkok, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Nan, Phetchabun, Uttaradit, Phayao, Phichit, Chainat, Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Singburi, Lopburi, Tak, Samut Songkhram, Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Ang Thong, Saraburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Suphan Buri, Phatthalung, Phang Nga, Chumphon, Chonburi, Samut Prakan, Mukdahan, Chachoengsao, Chanthaburi, Rayong, Prachinburi, Trat, Sa Kaew, Nong Bua Lamphu, Amnat Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Ratchasima, Roi Et, Kalasin, Chaiyaphum, Buriram and Surin.

However, the national Covid-19 death rate is still rising even though the number of infections is likely to drop, Taweesilp said.

Most Covid deaths are among people who have not been vaccinated and have chronic diseases, he added.

The CCSA has adopted the following three-point roadmap for the transition to an endemic:

- Easy, efficient public access to treatment with fatality rate lower than 0.1 per cent.

- More than 60 per cent of the population given booster shots.

- Building public awareness of how to transition from pandemic to endemic Covid-19 safely.

Published : April 24, 2022

By : THE NATION

Daily Covid-19 testing and vaccination must be increased to declare Covid-19 an endemic disease by July, the Public Health Commission said on Sunday. The Nation

Thailand 'must speed up testing, jabs' to declare endemic by July 1

Under the Public Health Ministry's roadmap for transition to an endemic, the death rate must drop below 0.1 per cent of cases, while over 60 per cent of the population – including the elderly – must have had three shots, and 80 per cent of the elderly must have received their first jab.

The death rate currently stands at 0.35 per cent of an average 36,512 cases per day, said commission vice-chairman Chalermchai Boonyaleephan.

However, that rate would be lower if testing was increased to get a more accurate picture of the true daily infection rate, he added.

Hence, he urged the government to increase testing by 3.5 times, especially via ATKs.

Accelerating Covid-19 screening was a crucial way to reduce the death rate, he emphasised.

Meanwhile, the booster campaign must be accelerated to 245,882 shots per day to reach the targeted 60 per cent coverage by July 1, Chalermchai said. The elderly population must receive 37,647 booster shots per day to reach the same target.

He said 84.1 per cent of the elderly have already received their first vaccine dose.

Chalermchai said it would be a challenge to meet the testing and vaccination targets for the transition to endemic Covid-19, adding success would depend on cooperation between all stakeholders in society.