Ministry wants end to mask rule
published : 10 Jun 2022 at 09:16
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Post Reporters
The Ministry of Public Health will ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation (CCSA) to drop the mask rule in public places and lower the national Covid-19 alert to Level 2 next week.
Kiattiphum Wongrajit, permanent secretary for public health, said if the operations centre agrees with the ministry's recommendation, the final decision will rest with the CCSA's executive board, which is chaired by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
While no decision on the matter has been taken, Prayut did not wear a face mask during media interviews on Thursday -- instead, he spoke from a podium behind a plastic shield. Other ministers, meanwhile, had their masks on.
Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the CCSA will also consider another proposal submitted by Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to allow the capital's residents to ditch face masks in public places and parks.
Vocabulary
- chair: to be the person in charge of a meeting, committee, or company - ดำรงตำแหน่งประธาน, ทำหน้าที่ในฐานะประธาน
- consider: to give careful thought to something before making a decision - พิจารณา
- ditch (verb): (informal) to abandon; to get rid of something/somebody because you no longer want or need it/them - ละทิ้ง, ทิ้งไว้
- executive: a senior manager in a business or other organisation - ผู้บริหาร
- permanent secretary: a government official, not a political appointee, in charge of a ministry - ปลัดกระทรวง
- podium: a small raised area where someone stands to give a speech, conduct an orchestra, give out awards, etc. - แท่น, พลับพลา
- recommendation: a suggestion for how to solve a problem, deal with a situation - ข้อเสนอแนะ
- resident: a person who lives in a particular place - ผู้พักอาศัย
- shield: something that protects you from harm - เกราะป้องกัีน
