Report Thailand's Health System Holding Strong Amid Covid-19 Surge, Says Minister

[webfact]

File photo courtesy of Thai PBS World

 

The nation's top health official, Thailand's Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin, assured citizens yesterday that the country's health infrastructure is robust enough to handle the ongoing surge of Covid-19 cases.

 

This statement follows a sobering report of 65,880 new Covid cases and three fatalities recorded in the week from May 25 to May 31.

 

Minister Somsak highlighted the groups most affected by the virus, identifying people aged 30-39 as bearing the brunt with 12,403 cases. They were closely trailed by the 20-29 age group, reporting 10,368 cases, and those aged 60 and over, with 9,590 cases.

 

While cautioning about continued infections due to the rainy season, Somsak reassured that the infection peak has passed, anticipating a decline in numbers due to strong health measures in place.

 

Reiterating a familiar tune for public safety, Somsak urged stringent adherence to Covid-19 protocols: mask-wearing, avoiding crowded spaces, and frequent hand washing.

 

He stressed the importance of ATK testing and self-isolation for anyone suspecting infection to protect vulnerable groups like the elderly and those with existing health conditions.

 

In addition to Covid-19 updates, Minister Somsak noted a drop in influenza cases, although he warned that fatalities are significant among those over 60 and people with chronic illnesses.

 

The government's commitment to public health is ongoing, as evidenced by plans to boost the influenza vaccination drive by increasing the number of vaccine doses to six million in the 2025 fiscal year, targeting vulnerable populations.

 

Overall, Somsak's message is clear: The public health system continues to stand vigilant, offering both reassurance and a call for continued caution as the nation navigates these challenging times.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BAngkok Post 2025-06-04

 

 

[hotchilli]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

The nation's top health official, Thailand's Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin, assured citizens yesterday that the country's health infrastructure is robust enough to handle the ongoing surge of Covid-19 cases.

Well we know we can trust his word...

[Tarteso]

Let’s call it COVID - 25

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

10 hours ago, webfact said:

The government's commitment to public health is ongoing, as evidenced by plans to boost the influenza vaccination drive by increasing the number of vaccine doses to six million in the 2025 fiscal year, targeting vulnerable populations.

 

Amid Thailand's largest COVID outbreak in years, the government is talking about boosting flu vaccinations? Huh???

 

And yet, with 60,000+ new cases of COVID infections per week, several thousand new inpatient COVID hospitalizations per week, and ongoing COVID deaths from those, the Public Health Minister and Ministry seem to absolutely ignore the issue of COVID vaccinations for anyone!

 

That's a pretty good sign that they're not really serious about trying to protect the public from COVID.

 

The MoPH's COVID info website is down right now at the time I'm posting this (see screen capture below). But this was their weekly COVID status report for May 25-31 (week 22 of the year) when I downloaded it on June 1:

 

-- 71,776 COVID infections for the week May 25-31

-- 3,468 of those involving inpatient hospital admissions

-- 295,195 cumulative COVID infections thus far this year

 

-- 6 new COVID deaths for the week, totaling 67 thus far this year

 

--Bangkok province with the most reported new COVID infections for the week at 9,343, followed by Chonburi province at 4,743 infections.

 

It's more than a bit curious that the news report above from the MoPH, amid all their vague reassurances, seems to make no mention of the number of weekly COVID inpatient hospitalizations that their own data are reporting, and higher numbers of COVID fatalities that their own data are reporting.

 

 

 

 

https://dvis3.ddc.moph.go.th/t/DDC_CENTER_DOE/views/_v2/sheet26?%3Aembed=y

 

 

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Here's the Google Translate English version of the above May 25-31 weekly report from the MoPH's COVID tracking website:

 

[Captor]

17 hours ago, webfact said:

File photo courtesy of Thai PBS World

 

The nation's top health official, Thailand's Public Health Minister Somsak Thepsutin, assured citizens yesterday that the country's health infrastructure is robust enough to handle the ongoing surge of Covid-19 cases.

 

This statement follows a sobering report of 65,880 new Covid cases and three fatalities recorded in the week from May 25 to May 31.

 

Minister Somsak highlighted the groups most affected by the virus, identifying people aged 30-39 as bearing the brunt with 12,403 cases. They were closely trailed by the 20-29 age group, reporting 10,368 cases, and those aged 60 and over, with 9,590 cases.

 

While cautioning about continued infections due to the rainy season, Somsak reassured that the infection peak has passed, anticipating a decline in numbers due to strong health measures in place.

 

Reiterating a familiar tune for public safety, Somsak urged stringent adherence to Covid-19 protocols: mask-wearing, avoiding crowded spaces, and frequent hand washing.

 

He stressed the importance of ATK testing and self-isolation for anyone suspecting infection to protect vulnerable groups like the elderly and those with existing health conditions.

 

In addition to Covid-19 updates, Minister Somsak noted a drop in influenza cases, although he warned that fatalities are significant among those over 60 and people with chronic illnesses.

 

The government's commitment to public health is ongoing, as evidenced by plans to boost the influenza vaccination drive by increasing the number of vaccine doses to six million in the 2025 fiscal year, targeting vulnerable populations.

 

Overall, Somsak's message is clear: The public health system continues to stand vigilant, offering both reassurance and a call for continued caution as the nation navigates these challenging times.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BAngkok Post 2025-06-04

 

 

Is it possible to get vaccine at all? We have tried for 2 weeks now in BKK. Look like there is no hospital that have covid vaccine. Is that possible?

[JaxxBKK]

What's the death toll of those not elderly and without comorbities?

 

2 ?