Ten things to know about Thailand’s latest Covid-19 wave


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Leading virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan warned that a new wave of Covid-19 has emerged in Thailand after the Songkran festival.

Leading virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan warned on Tuesday (April 18) that a new wave of Covid-19 has emerged after the Songkran festival. Yong, who heads the Centre of Excellence at Chulalongkorn University, stressed the need to curb a resurgence of Covid, adding that it may come in the form of a new and more elusive variant.

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