Despite record-high daily COVID-19 cases, Thailand on Friday announced further easing of social distancing rules nationwide, allowing more businesses to resume operations.The government is also considering to cancel the requirement of pre-departure COVID-19 tests for inbound travelers from April 1, as part of relaxed border control measures to boost tourism, Natapanu Nopakun, an official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a daily news briefing of the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).Aiming to help the economy recover from the pandemic, Thailand plans to declare COVID-19 an endemic disease by July 1, regardless of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases.On Friday, new infections in Thailand hit a record high of 27,071, surpassing the previous record of 25,615 in late February, according to the CCSA. The country also reported 80 more deaths, the highest number of coronavirus-linked fatalities registered since November 2021.To tackle the highly contagious Omicron wave, the authorities already approved a plan to gradually contain the surge of new infections and p
