"Thailand is an excellent example that, with a whole-of-government, whole-of-society, comprehensive approach, this virus can be contained even without a vaccine. Thailand’s numbers speak for themselves. This is not an accident, Thailand made a commitment 40 years ago to invest in its health-care infrastructure and has built out a network of more than a million village health volunteers to act as the eyes and ears of the health system in their communities." said Tedros.