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SHOCKING: Covid to be downgraded from oct 1 - What They Never Told You

Anutin Charnvirakul Covid-19 Public Health Disease

Health professionals wait for Covid-19 vaccine recipients at the Bang Sue Grand Station in Bangkok last month. (Photo: Apichart Jinakul)

The government is ready to announce the downgrade of Covid-19 from a dangerous communicable disease to one that is "communicable under surveillance" from Oct 1, said Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Mr Anutin was speaking on Wednesday after meeting senior Public Health Ministry officials and said the Covid-19 situation now appears suitable for regrading.

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