Thailand says pro-democracy protests risk spreading coronavirus

Thousands of students have rallied across the country in the past week after the enforced breakup of a popular pro-democracy party.

People gathering in crowds could make it harder to control the spread of the disease known as Covid-19, Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said in a briefing Saturday. Confirmed infections in Thailand have climbed by one to 42, the ministry said. Thousands of students have rallied in campuses across the country in the past week after the enforced breakup of Future Forward, a popular pro-democracy party. The party rattled Thailand’s ruling elites by attracting younger voters to a reformist agenda that included dismantling oligopolies and preventing coups in a country with a history of military takeovers.

“We’re fighting this disease, and so far we have done well to control the situation,” he said. Anutin is also a deputy prime minister in the ruling coalition that took office after a disputed general election last year.

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