Thailand to monitor COVID-19 in eight localities
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand will continue monitoring
COVID-19 situation in eight cities and provinces, including Bangkok.
Deputy chief of the Health
Ministry’s Department of Disease Control Sophon Iamsirithaworn said
surveillance will be carried out in high-risk groups. The
ministry has identified provinces where an outbreak is possible - all
are tourist destinations or are dense with migrant workers.
These eight provinces will serve as lookouts for the first
signs of a possible outbreak. The ministry will also keep an eye on the
variants. The information will be updated on a weekly basis because the
situation is stable, he said.
Meanwhile, Yong Poovorawan, chief of the Chulalongkorn University's Centre of
Excellence in Clinical Virology, said COVID-19 is now a common seasonal
respiratory illness.
COVID-19 is more likely to spread during the
rainy season, or around June to September and it is likely to spread again but
at a lower rate during January to March, he added./.