scott hyler joyce live now from bangkok, scott, as far as the people are concerned, these numbers going in exactly the wrong direction. absolutely. here in thailand, you know, that protest yesterday has been part of the last several weeks we've seen, and people coming back out to the streets. no, there's been protests going on to the last year here in thailand. kind of anti establishment and reform protests calling for reform within the monarchy and the government here. but it is shifted over the last couple of weeks because the criticism now is focused right on the administration and how they had handled the cobra. 1900 situation here in thailand, the vaccine rollout was slow and anemic and the supply chain was not what was it was promised to be. so that's why the people of thailand, a lot of the people here in thailand are out on the back out on the streets, protesting peter and his, you mentioned, you know, over 21000 new cases reported just the last hour or so here. now that's what we've seen the steady uptick, mainly because fueled by the more contagious delta variant. but what is

pace of vaccinations is increasing, it'll take some time to catch up with those infection. res scott hyler reports from bangkok. may not. this is thailand's worst week in its covert. 19 battles. they were to record breaking days of new infections and once with a high of $233.00 deaths until the start of the current 3rd wave of the virus in april thailand had only about $30000.00 cove in 1900 cases. in all since then it's added more than $830000.00 a delayed vaccine rollout has been the focus of much criticism directed at the government and the mixed messaging about preventative measures. as the 3rd wave was just taking hold. the rapid spike in cases has led to heavy strain on the health care system, which is considered one of the best in the region. volunteers have jumped in to fill the gaps fell upon loud gun to me. the existence of volunteer groups shows how the government has failed the parking lot, so people have to help each other. the health ministry has proposed and immunity decrease that would prevent any legal action against from my medical staff while working on cobra, 1900 patie