A Covid-19 situation update is seen on a screen during a press briefing by the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration at Government House. (Bangkok Post file photo)
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COVID-19 OUTBREAK
Last updated: Sep 09, 2021 at 06:20 hrs.
THAILAND SITUATION
Total cases:1,322,519
Recovered:1,166,364
Daily New Cases:14,176
Deaths:13,511
Rank:29
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Agency changes likely under new diseases law
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The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) will continue its role in leading the country’s fight to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, although it may later be transformed into a new body under a new disease control law that will replace the state of emergency, the government said on Wednesday.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam, because the CCSA was established under the Emergency Decree, when the state of emergency is lifted, then the CCSA will technically no longer exist.
“However, in practice, the CCSA will continue to function while the government deliberates the new disease control law, although it may have to be transformed into something else after the state of emergency is lifted,” he said.