Thailand confirms 1st case of Omicron variant
06-December-2021
Thai health authorities announced on Monday that a first-ever case of
the Omicron Covid variant has been detected in the country.
The
35-year-old US traveller, flying from Spain by transiting through Dubai,
entered Thailand with a negative RT-PCR test, but his on-arrival test
was confirmed to be positive on December 1 and further testing confirmed
the presence of the new variant, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry
of Public Health as saying.
According to the Ministry, the
passenger, currently under treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, was
asymptomatic, and there has been no high-risk contacts as the patient
has taken strict precautions during his trip.
On Monday, Thailand
reported 4,000 new Covid-19 cases and 22 deaths, raising the total
number of infections to more than 2.14 million while that of cumulative
fatalities to 20,966, according to the Ministry. - IANS
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