Outside China, Thailand was the first country to detect a case of COVID-19. After an initial spike in cases, Thailand went 102 days between May and September without any reported local transmission of COVID-19. .1 Thailand’s four decades of investment in its health system has positioned the Country to effectively respond to the current public health crisis.
As new COVID-19 variants emerge that are potentially more contagious, specialists say that masks are more important than ever because they will lower the spread of the virus regardless of the variant.