Maximum effort to keep daily Covid deaths under 200
The country can keep new daily Covid-19 fatalities from reaching 200 with accelerated vaccinations and two months of lockdown measures, according to the Ministry of Public Health.
The ministry’s latest mathematical model shows that without the tight restrictions now in place, new daily Covid cases would exceed 40,000 by Sept 14 and fatalities would pass 500 a day by Sept 28, said Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control.
The current measures took effect in 13 hard-hit provinces including Bangkok on July 20 and are scheduled to end on Monday. Authorities are now considering extending the lockdowns.
Bangkok Post Reporter
