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EXPLAINED: Anutin time to move on declare covid 19 endemic | Vintage Vibes

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, centre, announces it is time to "move on" from Covid-19, during a "meet the press" at the Miracle Grand Convention Hotel in Bangkok on Wednesday. He is flanked by Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit, left, permanent secretary, and Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control. (Screenshot)

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Wednesday declared his ministry's determination to "move on", to downgrade Covid-19 to an endemic disease and allow people to return to a normal life, but did not give a definite time frame.

The public health minister was speaking at a "meet the press" session in the presence of senior ministry officials, including public health permanent secretary Kiatiphum Wongrajit.

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