Thai PM warns rally could trigger 2nd wave of coronavirus infections

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Thursday warned that an anti-government rally planned for this weekend in Bangkok could spark a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand and urged it be called off.Prayut, in a televised statement, said the mass gathering, which could be the largest protest yet against his government, poses "an enormous risk of new infections.""And with that, you also create enormous risk to the livelihoods of tens of millions of fellow Thais," he said.He asked all concerned parties to put aside political issues and instead focus on the country's economic rec…READ FULL ARTICLE