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Covid downgrade 'needs time'

Tourists enjoy foot massage on Khao San Road on Wednesday. The Ministry of Public Health has yet to consider when it will reclassify Covid-19 as a communicable disease despite the easing of more restrictions. (Photo: Pornprom Satrabhaya)

The Ministry of Public Health has yet to consider when it will reclassify Covid-19 as a communicable disease that requires close surveillance despite the recent easing of more restrictions.

Covid-19 was declared a dangerous communicable disease in late February 2020 by the national committee on communicable diseases to allow health authorities to respond more quickly to contain any outbreaks in the event of a spike in local transmissions.

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