Kulaya Tantitemit, head of the Thailand finance ministry's fiscal policy office. - The Nation Thailand/ANN
BANGKOK, May 10 (Reuters): Thailand's economy is likely to grow more than the forecast of 2.3% this year, helped by new relief measures to ease the impact of a third wave of coronavirus infections, a finance ministry official has announced.
The latest outbreak, which has accounted for more than half of Thailand's total infections and two thirds of its deaths, has slowed domestic activity at a time the tourism-reliant country was preparing to reopen more broadly to foreign visitors.
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