People should usher in the New Year free of concern about a severe new wave of the Covid-19 pandemic as the public is by now largely immune to the virus and life is slowly returning to usual, according to a virus expert.
The current rise in caseloads in Thailand and other countries is par for the course as countries reopen, winter takes root in Europe, Covid-prevention measures are relaxed and people reunite for the holidays, said Dr Thiravat Hemachudha, chief of the Thai Red Cross's Emerging Infectious Diseases Health Science Centre.
