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Thailand to Shift Strategy to ‘Learning to Live With Covid-19’

  • Government set to ease curbs as data suggests Covid has peaked
  • Country to reopen for vaccinated tourists as early as October
Monks and volunteers conduct free Covid-19 tests at Wat Suthi Wararam, a Buddhist temple, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Monks and volunteers conduct free Covid-19 tests at Wat Suthi Wararam, a Buddhist temple, in Bangkok, Thailand.

Photographer: Nicolas Axelrod/Bloomberg

Thailand is preparing for life with Covid, with preliminary plans being drawn up to relax some restrictions and reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors even as new cases hover around 20,000 a day.

The National Communicable Disease Committee on Monday approved a shift in the country’s strategy to “learning to live with Covid-19,” recognizing the endemic nature of the virus, according to Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control.