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Thailand detects first omicron variant case: health officials
Online News EditorDecember 6, 2021
Bangkok, Dec 6 (EFE).- Thailand’s health authorities reported Monday they had detected the first case of Covid-19’s omicron variant in an American traveler who arrived from Spain.
The 35-year-old patient tested positive for the virus on Tuesday after arriving in the country and again on Friday.
Suphakit Sirilak, Medical Sciences Department general director, said at a press conference that the infected person is almost certainly a carrier of the omicron variant.
The traveler, who had no symptoms, was admitted to hospital and received medical attention, something common according to Thai protocol even for asymptomatic cases...
Thailand detects first omicron variant case: health officials
Online News EditorDecember 6, 2021
Bangkok, Dec 6 (EFE).- Thailand’s health authorities reported Monday they had detected the first case of Covid-19’s omicron variant in an American traveler who arrived from Spain.
The 35-year-old patient tested positive for the virus on Tuesday after arriving in the country and again on Friday.
Suphakit Sirilak, Medical Sciences Department general director, said at a press conference that the infected person is almost certainly a carrier of the omicron variant.
The traveler, who had no symptoms, was admitted to hospital and received medical attention, something common according to Thai protocol even for asymptomatic cases...
