Pandemic to end 'this year' due to hybrid immunity

People get a Covid-19 jab at a vaccination centre managed by City Hall at the Thai-Japanese Youth Center in Din Daeng district in January 2023. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Covid-19 pandemic will come to an end this year, according to virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at Chulalongkorn University.

In a post on his Facebook page, Dr Yong said as about 80% of the Thai population have already caught Covid-19 and/or been fully vaccinated against the disease, the number of cases will begin to decrease.