Thailand reports its second Omicron death

: After an 86 year-old woman in Songkhla succumbed to the highly contagious Omicron variant on Jan 12, Thailand last Saturday recorded the second fatality also involving an octogenarian.

She said the bedridden woman, living in Kut Chap district of the northeast province of Udon Thani, believed to have contracted the virus from her son. Over the last 24 hours, Thailand recorded 6,929 new COVID-19 cases including 209 imported cases and 13 fatalities, bringing the total infections in the kingdom to 2,331,414 and 21,938 deaths, to date.

Vachira Phuket Hospital deputy director Withita Jaeng-iam said high-risk group including those with underlying health conditions as well as those aged 60 and above to receive their fourth COVID-19 shot.

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