The compulsory wearing of face masks will still apply to people in poorly ventilated places and crowded areas, Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit said in Surat Thani province on Tuesday (May 24), reports the Bangkok Post.
The COVID-19 situation was improving faster than expected and the disease would become endemic in the country as planned, Dr Kiattiphum said, referring to the Public Health Ministry’s plan to declare COVID-19 an endemic disease on July 1.
Local health officials will offer advice to people on how to safely live with COVID-19, he said.
The government made wearing a face mask in public mandatory early last year and also set a fine for violations, to help limit the spread of COVID, he added.
A recent survey found people had become more lenient with mask-wearing.
Thailand registered 36 more Covid-19 fatalities and 4,144 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on Tuesday.
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