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.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, little has been met with more anticipation (or hesitancy) than the promise of a COVID-19 vaccine. However, by mid-November 2020, less than a year after SARS-CoV-2 gained global recognition as a public health threat, this “promise” has moved from speculation to possibility, and the news has everyone talking.
