Prognosis
Thailand Weighs Partial Lockdown After 10-Fold Covid Surge
- Covid panel to consider fresh curbs in Bangkok, nearby areas
- Hospitals stretched as new infections show no signs of slowing
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Thailand’s top Covid panel is set to consider a partial lockdown of the nation’s worst virus-hit regions, including the Bangkok metropolitan area, to quell the deadliest wave of infections.
The national task force will meet on Friday to decide on Health Ministry’s proposals for stay-at-home orders and a ban on travel between provinces for two weeks, Permanent Secretary of Public Health Kiattiphum Wongrajit told reporters on Thursday. While essential businesses and services such as food markets and hospitals may be allowed to operate, people will be barred from traveling for non-essential activities, he said.