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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
When the Covid-19 pandemic first began, people were worried and panicked, however, the public health crisis was actually not the first global pandemic. In the past, pandemics such as the Black Death or the Great Plague, the H1N1 flu and the Asian Flu have killed many people. Now on view at the National Museum Bangkok, “Arogya Panidhana” — translated as an aspiration for humanity to be free from all ailments — displays more than 300 items to help people understand the history of infectious diseases and analyse the current situation. Nitaya Kanokmongkol, the director of the National Museum Bangk…