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Covid 19 coronavirus: No one knows what Thailand is doing right, but so far, it's working

By Hannah Beech
New York Times·
5 mins to read
Covid 19 coronavirus: No one knows what Thailand is doing right, but so far, it's working
Monks from Wat Matchanthikaram, wearing masks and face shields to protect them from Covid-19, receive alms from local residents in Bangkok, in April. Photo / Adam Dean, The New York Times

Can the country's low rate of Covid-19 infections be attributed to culture? Genetics? Face masks? Or a combination of all three?

No one knows exactly why Thailand has been spared.

Is it the social distancing embedded in Thai culture — the habit of greeting others with a wai, a prayerlike

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