Sharing on Facebook on February 21, Ministry of Health spokesman Rungrueng Kijphati said that the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) of the Ministry of Health of Thailand had decided to raise the epidemic alert level nationwide and the measures to be taken. Measures to prevent the spread of the disease have been strengthened in high-risk areas.
The move comes as the number of new infections, severe cases and deaths continue to increase, while the risk of infection is increasing between family members and close acquaintances due to involvement in the virus. participate in group activities such as eating out, playing sports, attending weddings and visiting funerals. Mr. Rungrueng said individuals from at-risk groups - including the elderly, those with underlying medical conditions and those who have not been vaccinated - still account for the majority of COVID-19-related deaths.

Under the new warning, people are encouraged to work from home, avoid unnecessary intercity travel, suspend overseas trips, close at-risk locations and avoid mass gatherings.
  Thailand's Ministry of Health raised the COVID-19 alert to level 4 in some red zone provinces early last month, when the situation was less severe than it is now. With the latest announcement, level 4 warning will be applied to all provinces and cities nationwide.
On the morning of February 22, Thailand announced that it recorded 18,363 more COVID-19 cases and 35 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections since the beginning of the epidemic to date to 2,749,561 cases (including 526,126 cases in the year). today), including 22,691 deaths (993 cases this year).