Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015) · dangerous communicable disease

Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Repeal of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: The names and presenting symptoms of dangerous communicable Diseases (No. 3), B.E. 2563 (2020), B.E. 2565 (2022)

Published in the Government Gazette 20 September B.E. 2565 (2022); in force from 1 October B.E. 2565 (2022)

Due to the global situation of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has shown a downward trend in the number of severe cases and mortality rates, the transmission and severity of the disease in areas outside the Kingdom have also diminished; and whereas the quantity of COVID-19 vaccines available within the Kingdom is sufficient to meet public demand, and the population has achieved a high level of vaccine coverage, thereby increasing collective immunity; now, therefore, in order to align legal measures with the relaxation of public health measures within the Kingdom and to ensure appropriateness in light of the current circumstances, it is expedient to repeal the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: the names and presenting symptoms of dangerous communicable diseases (No. 3), B.E. 2563 (2020), for the benefit of and appropriateness in the surveillance, prevention, and control of communicable diseases.

By virtue of section 5 and section 6 (1) of the Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015), the Minister of Public Health by and with the advice of the National Communicable Disease Committee, hereby issues the following Notification:

Clause 1. This Notification is called “Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: Repeal of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: the names and presenting symptoms of dangerous communicable diseases (No. 3), B.E. 2563 (2020), B.E. 2565 (2022)”

Clause 2. This Notification shall come into force from 1st Day of October B.E. 2565 (2022) onwards.

Clause 3. The Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: the names and presenting symptoms of dangerous communicable Diseases (No. 3), B.E. 2563 (2020), shall be repealed.

Announced on the 19th Day of September B.E. 2565 (2022)

Anutin Charnvirakul

Minister of Public Health

Unofficial English translation by the Division of Legal Affairs, Department of Disease Control (August 2025), book page 55; the Thai text prevails.