nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200508-133133-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200508s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200508-133133-0 doi eng 342 23 Tonsakulrungruang, Khemthong Author aut Health Before Rights and Liberties: Thailand’s Response to COVID-19 Tonsakulrungruang, Khemthong Verfassungsblog 2020-05-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On 13 January, Thailand was the first country outside of China to confirm a COVID-19 case. Prayuth invoked the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situation on 26 March 2020. At present, new cases are down to a single-digit figure per day. However, the 2005 Emergency Decree may not be the appropriate tool, as it has misled the public’s understanding of the pandemic and allows the government to employ unnecessarily harsh measures, leading to over-criminalization and arguable abuses of power. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Checks and Balances Coronavirus COVID 19 emergency powers Leelapatana, Rawin Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/health-before-rights-and-liberties-thailands-response-to-covid-19/ raw object