PM Orders Health Ministry to Monitor Plague, Dodges Opposition
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is monitoring a possible plague outbreak after a Russian researcher’s death, and has preparations in place. He refused to comment on an upcoming no-confidence debate filed by the opposition, instead shaking his head and leaving the meeting. He also assigned Deputy Prime Minister Songsak Thongsri to handle a reform group’s request to transfer land‑bank duties to a community development agency.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul pointed to the death of a Russian female researcher, linking it to worldwide worry about a plague epidemic. He said the Public Health Ministry is on guard, preparing medical supplies. Asked if travel bans from Russia are necessary, he replied that measures are already ready. On the reform group's request to shift duties from the Land Bank Institute to the Community Development Organization, he said he had delegated Deputy Prime Minister Songsak Thongsri to act. When questioned about the opposition preparing a no-confidence debate this month, Anutin gave no answer, simply shook his head and went up the elevator.
