Thai doctors & medical associations calling for mask mandate to be reinstated due to sharply rising number of COVID cases and hospitalizations

Rural Medical Doctors of Thailand and several prominent doctors want the mask mandate returned, citing concerns over rising cases globally and fears of the fast spreading sub variants of Omicron such as BA 2.5.

Prof. Dr. Prasit Wattanapha, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University released a statement today, July 5th, urging the relevant agencies to reinstate a mandate, at the very least for indoors. He also felt lifting the mandate sent the wrong message that Covid-19 was over when it was not.

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