SURIN, March 30 (TNA) – The communicable diseases committee of the northeastern province resolved to postpone its declaration of COVID-19 as an endemic disease from April 1 to after the Songkran festival.

 

The committee found that Surin still failed to meet many of 13 criteria for the endemic disease declaration and there could be new clusters of COVID-19 cases during the Songkran festival.

 

The hospital bed occupancy rate in Surin stood at 8% while a criterion caps it at 3%.

 

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13 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The communicable diseases committee of the northeastern province resolved to postpone its declaration of COVID-19 as an endemic disease from April 1 to after the Songkran festival.

When will they learn to make a final decision before expressing one?

1 minute ago, hotchilli said:

When will they learn to make a final decision before expressing one?

Oh never! A frequent event here, ill advised announcements that step on someone's toes are part of the game, and sometimes a precursor or testing of the waters. 

11 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

When will they learn to make a final decision before expressing one?

How to smash the optimistic 101 at work.

I dared to get my hopes up,now fornicated....again.

19 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

resolved to postpone its declaration of COVID-19 as an endemic disease from April 1 to after the Songkran festival.

On orders from COVID-19 crazy Bangkok??????

Some local official had his 15 minutes of fame in the media at the time of the original announcement, so it doesn't matter what happens afterwards.