The sharp rise in infection cases put great pressure on the country's health care system. Currently, the Health Ministry demands that all those testing positive must enter state quarantine, such as hospitals or field hospitals that are freshly built. Instead, quite a few are for self-isolation or home-quarantine, with a support system to allow health personnel to follow up each patient. The fact is: a large number of the country's health personnel must be exhausted after battling Covid-19 since the first outbreak. There are reports that some policy-makers at the Health Ministry have started eyeing a home quarantine option.

Source: Bangkok Post April 19, 2021 23:26 UTC