Thailand News - Corona - By Ola J.

söndag 8 maj 2022

WHO praises Thailand for its ability to cope with Covid-19 situation, says in the top three countries globally. The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Thailand as a role model and listed the Kingdom in the best three countries in the world for its ability to contain and cope with the Covid-19 situation, a government spokesperson reported today, May 8th. - TPN National News

WHO praises Thailand for its ability to cope with Covid-19 situation, says in the top three countries globally

The World Health Organization (WHO) has praised Thailand as a role model and listed the Kingdom in the best three countries in the world for its ability to contain and cope with the Covid-19 situation, a government spokesperson reported today, May 8th.

Sunday, 8 May 2022, 19:08

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Government spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said today, May 8th, that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O'Cha had thanked all related agencies and departments and the public for cooperating to comply with the measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19, resulting in the country becoming a part of the world's top three countries for handling the Covid-19 pandemic.

This is due to the country's flexible management according to the current situation of the pandemic as well as its practical measures, according to WHO experts and WHO Thailand's team. The key to the good adjustments also included the support from senior political executives in the government, the strengthening of the Thai public health system, the cooperation of all sectors, including the public and private sectors, the enhancing participation of the people and the community, and the use of digital technologies to help to make decisions.

"The Prime Minister insisted that this was not the only achievement of the government but also of all sectors and most importantly it was a result of receiving good cooperation from all Thai people. However, the Prime Minister asked everyone to remain cautious and strictly follow the Covid-19 measures for Thailand to return to a normal situation as soon as possible," Thanakorn concluded.

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lördag 7 maj 2022

Seven ways to move from pandemic to endemic - Thai MoPH official indicates Covid future from July. Assistant minister to the Ministry of Public Health Sathit Pitutecha spoke at the 2022 general meeting of the Private Health Association, reported Thai Rath. ASEAN NIW

Picture: Thai Rath

Assistant minister to the Ministry of Public Health Sathit Pitutecha spoke at the 2022 general meeting of the Private Health Association, reported Thai Rath.

He gave a seven point watchlist of how Thailand will move from treating Covid-19 as a pandemic to treating it as endemic.

Pandemic means an infectious disease that has spread across a wide area or worldwide. Endemic means it is found among a specific people or in a specific area.

Sathit said that Thailand had handled the pandemic well and the private sector had played their part particularly in providing hospital beds and treatment.

He noted that cases of the virus, people in hospital and deaths were all showing downward trends.

Picture: Thai Rath

Things were less clear regarding mutations with the WHO themselves unclear but July this year was the target for declaring the disease endemic in Thailand.

For this to happen and be sustained the following needs to happen:

1. Digital platforms and data collection needs to be developed into a single national strategy. 7 billion baht will be spent on this to ensure it is top notch and safe.

2. Preparations to deal with possible subsequent outbreaks and develop interdisciplinary personnel for both common diseases, chronic non-communicable diseases, long Covid and MIS-C.

3. Attention must be given to vulnerable people and access to treatment.

4.Develop and raise the level of self-reliance in regard to vaccines, medicines and medical supplies.

5. Handle Covid-19 waste correctly. In the past permission has been gained to just burn it, this needs to be reassessed.

6. Develop data integration strategies to better inform decision making.

7. Find, record and publish good examples including important lessons learned from the pandemic.

Sathit closed by saying that now was the time to get the economy back on track, people back into work and raise tax collection..

As far as mask wearing goes, removing the mandate to wear them depends on where and in what situation, he said. The key is to move on, learn to live with Covid with understanding and get the economy moving.

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