How to Cite: Kamkiew, W. (2022). Crisis management of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in Bangkok. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S1), 9064–9077. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS1.7129 International Journal of Health Sciences ISSN 2550-6978 E-ISSN 2550-696X © 2022. Manuscript submitted: 9 March 2022, Manuscript revised: 18 April 2022, Accepted for publication: 1 May 2022 9064 Crisis management of the coronavirus COVID- 19 pandemic in Bangkok Dr. Watcharawin Kamkiew Faculty of Public Administration, Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand Corresponding author email: watcharawin.kam@dpu.ac.th ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3245-8705 Abstract---This research article aims to study the crisis management of the COVID-19 epidemic situation in Bangkok, to study the problems, and to suggest crisis management of the COVID-19 in Bangkok which is qualitative research. Crisis management problems found that the government has been sluggish to prevent the spread, procurement of the COVID-19 vaccines and medicines, The Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Health lack leadership in this crisis management, government officials are less stringent with illegal immigrant workers and allow activities to be held, the communication between the Thai government and the Governor of Bangkok was inconsistent effect causing the people to be confused, some politicians also were hoarding masks and smuggling them to export to other countries, the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine is ineffective with lack of transparency, equality, and Thai people are not confident efficiency in government-provided vaccines. Therefore, the solution to this crisis is for the Thai government should deal with a rapid crisis, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Health should demonstrate leadership in risk management of the COVID-19 pandemic and take measures to prevent the spread, there are penalties for government officials who neglected the foreign workers smuggling into Thailand, and hoarding masks and exporting them to foreign countries, should plan to prevent the COVID-19 super spreader or other epidemics in the future. Lastly, there is a remedy to restore the physical and mental health of people affected by this crisis quickly. Keywords---Crisis management, COVID-19, Pandemic, Bangkok Introduction The COVID-19 outbreak was first seen in Wuhan city, China and the first outpatients from China were found in Thailand, which were Chinese tourists