As many Thais return to the office, entertainment venues reopen and wearing face masks is no longer mandatory in outdoor public places, new daily coronavirus cases have begun to climb lately, notably among school students.
Health authorities have downgraded Covid-19 to endemic status but they warn that Thailand is no different from 110 other countries that are now dealing with the highly transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub-variants.
Of course, we all know that there is no "back to normal" in sight, at least for now.
