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‘To defeat virus, 9 out of 10 Thais must follow Covid-19 rules’

‘To defeat virus, 9 out of 10 Thais must follow Covid-19 rules’

Dr Rungruang Kitpati, spokesman for the Public Health Ministry, on Tuesday (June 9) advised on Facebook that three things were necessary to defeat the Covid-19 outbreak so the country could return to normal.

The government is expected to announce the fourth phase of lockdown easing soon, after the number of new daily Covid-19 cases dropped to a trickle.
Rungruang explained that the first action necessary to defeat the virus was reducing the infection rate as much as possible.
"For example, if 1 million people are infected, up to 100,000 people will die because medical personnel will be overwhelmed by the situation," he said.
The second action was conducting proactive testing to seek out new Covid-19 infections, he said, adding that this was the trump card in beating the virus.
"We need to find these patients so we can contain the spread of this disease as soon as possible," he said.
The final thing needed was cooperation from everyone.
"If 90 per cent of people act in line with the government [health] measures, I can confirm that we will definitely win the battle against Covid-19."

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