Government and public health measures in response to COVID-19 pandemic and impacts on fisheries and aquaculture in Thailand

COVID-19 pandemic has impacted global fisheries and aquaculture sector including Thailand. Shrimp and seafood industries have a massive number of workers who live and work in close contact with others. They are highly vulnerable to COVID-19. Thailand has been facing the impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Infected patients are not much compared with many countries. Thailand is recognized as one of the safe countries from COVID-19 due to the great controlling measures. The successful driver is village health volunteers (VHVs), which has been implemented in Thailand for at least four decades. The VHVs serve as an integral part of the health system, and were a critical component of the national COVID-19 response. This chapter describes the potential of the VHVs associated with a framework for knowledge translation to develop the opportunities for increasing the resilience in COVID-19 pandemic in fisheries and the aquaculture sector. The coping strategies and recommendations are discussed.