The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) announced on June 17 that Thailand plans to lift most of its travel restrictions and virus containment measures from July 1. Six days later, the country reported 81 cases of local transmission from the two new subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, which are spreading steadily in Europe. Even though public health authorities played down concerns by insisting the subvariants still needed further study, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed the Public Health Ministry to keep a close eye on the situation in Europe as next month Thailand enters a …

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