Enough Covid stunts alreadyIt was heart-wrenching to see hundreds of people spend overnight on a pavement outside Wat Phra Sri Maha That in Bang Khen district last week as they waited to get queue tickets for free Covid-19 testing. With new Covid-19 cases surging to nearly 10,000 cases a day and delays in vaccinations, the government must not allow the Covid testing problem to add to the crisis. Hospitals earlier were reported to be reluctant to provide Covid tests, as an old regulation required them to receive a Covid patient. In addition, free Covid-19 testing needs to be expanded from the six venues at six districts in the capital offered at present. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul's promise that "there must be no one to be left to die at home again" sounds hollow.

Source: Bangkok Post July 12, 2021 00:45 UTC