Thailand aims to declare Covid-19 an endemic in four months


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Public Health Ministry aims to relegate the Covid-19 from a pandemic to an endemic in four months, it announced Thursday (Feb 24).

Dr Kiartiphum Wongrachit, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said the goal is to make the change in four months.

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