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Thailand ends COVID-19 emergency

Thailand on October 1 officially lifted the state of emergency imposed in March 2020 to battle the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thailand ends COVID-19 emergency ảnh 1A COVID-19 vaccination site in Bangkok, Thailand (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand on October 1 officiallylifted the state of emergency imposed in March 2020 to battle the COVID-19pandemic.

With the emergency removal, all COVID-19 restrictions havealso been scrapped or become optional.

From October 1, visitors to Thailand will not have to show anegative test result for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Face mask wearing, temperaturecheck, or hand disinfection are no longer mandatory when people go outside orto public places.

According to a government decision issued on September 23, Thailandalso downgraded COVID-19 from a “dangerous communicable disease” to a “communicabledisease under surveillance” from October 1 and will maintain the status throughSeptember 2023.

As a result, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administrationwas also automatically dissolved.

Thai officials said the health ministry downgraded theCOVID-19 status since the pandemic situation in the country is now stable andexisting virus variants are under control.

However, they said, it will be difficult to predict thenumber of patients in the future or whether there are more outbreaks. Therefore,organisations of the ministry will keep monitoring the situation.

Severe COVID-19 cases will continue to receive freetreatment, and vaccination will still go ahead, they added./.
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