Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital has announced that it cannot accept any more Covid-19 patients because all beds for critical coronavirus patients are fully occupied.
The number of daily Covid-19 cases is likely to reach 5,000-10,000 during a new wave but numbers probably will drop quite quickly after that, says Dr Nitipatana Chierakul, head of the Respiratory Disease and Tuberculosis Division at the Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital.
Thick smog has become a common sight in northern Thailand. Raging forest fires and large-scale farm burning have worsened the country’s air quality, where millions of people are struggling with pollution-related diseases
Northern Thailand has particularly high pollution levels. Swiss air quality firm IQAir released a real-time air pollution rating on Monday, with Chiang Mai at