Thailand raises alert level for COVID-19 due to outbreak
BANGKOK: Thailand on Thursday raised its alert level for COVID-19 after an outbreak of the virus caused by the outbreak of the new Omicron mutation virus. This was released by Reuters on Thursday, January 6, 2022.
Such upgrades from Level 3 to Level 4 pave the way for other actions that could be put in place, including the closure of high-risk areas and restrictions on domestic travel, or Gatherings, gatherings in public places, and so on.
Kiattiphum Wongrajit, a senior official at the Thai Ministry of Health, said: "Thailand has reached a new wave of COVID-19 outbreaks, with new cases increasing rapidly. "Emergency level 4 means we may close high-risk areas and announce more measures." The highest alert level for COVID-19 in Thailand is 5.
It should be noted that since the beginning of 2022, the daily rate of COVID-19 infection in Thailand has increased dramatically. Thailand on Thursday reported 5,775 new infections, an increase of nearly 50 percent from Wednesday and almost double the January 1 figure. To date, Thailand has received 106.12 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine, of which 46.7 million (66.77% of the total population) have received all doses.
