As of July 21st, five new cases appeared from Thai nationals who recently returned home from abroad. Thailand had a total of 3,261 cases reported since the beginning of the pandemic. 95% of these patients have recovered.
Thai epidemiologists have thanked their health care system, which they call one of the finest in the world, for their success and their strict lockdown. However, some of their current troubles come from the mental implications resulting from the pandemic. Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health says that “the next wave of the problem will be mental health.”
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NPR “The Dark side of Thailand’s Coronavirus Success”
Author: Camryn Thomas