Pandemic nearly over: experts

published : 7 Jun 2022 at 09:15

ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin

Dr Prasit Watanapa, dean of the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, delivers his keynote address about wealth and health at the Forbes Thailand Forum 2022 on Monday held at Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld.

Thailand is ready to treat Covid-19 as an endemic disease, according to Dr Prasit Watanapa of Mahidol University.

The keynote speaker at "Forbes Thailand Forum 2022: Think Ahead, Future Next", hosted by the Bangkok Post Public Company Limited, Dr Prasit said that figures released in April indicated that Covid-19 is now in decline globally.

He also noted that several countries now allow people not to wear face masks outdoors if they wish.

He said that the Omicron variant had taught the country how to control a fast-spreading outbreak.

Any new variant that could derail the global recovery would have to spread even more rapidly and also induce far more severe symptoms, which seems highly unlikely, if not impossible, at the moment, he added.

Meanwhile, Dr Opas Karnkawinpong of the Department of Disease Control (DDC) on Monday said that the reopening of night-time entertainment venues had little impact on the falling infection rate.

However, Dr Opas responded to fears over new clusters by urging full cooperation from all stakeholders when necessary.

Vocabulary

decline: becoming less - การลดลง
derail: to prevent something from continuing in the way that it was planned - ทำให้ล้มเหลว
endemic: regularly found in a particular place or among a particular group of people and difficult to get rid of - ประจำท้องถิ่น
globally: throughout the world - ทั่วโลก
impact (noun): an effect or influence - ผลกระทบ
induce: to cause something, especially a mental or physical change - ทำให้เกิด
keynote speaker: the main or most important speaker at an event - ผู้ปราศรัยสำคัญ
outbreak: the sudden start of a disease - การระบาดของโรค
rapidly: happening quickly - อย่างรวดเร็ว
stakeholder: someone who has an interest in the success of a plan, system, or organization, for example a worker in a company or the parent of a child at a school - ผู้ถือผลประโยชน์ร่วม
variant: a thing that is a slightly different form or type of something else - สิ่งที่ผันแปร, สิ่งที่แตกต่างกัน
wish (noun): something that you want to have in the future - ความปรารถนา, ความประสงค์, ความต้องการ, ความอยาก

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