Thailand reports first death from Omicron coronavirus variant

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BANGKOK: Thailand has reported its first death from the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant, a health official said on Sunday (Jan 16). The death, an 86-year-old woman from the southern province of Songkhla, came after Thailand detected its first Omicron case last month that led to the reinstatem

BANGKOK: Thailand has reported its first death from the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant, a health official said on Sunday .

"The woman is a bed-ridden, Alzheimer patient," health ministry spokesman Rungrueng Kitphati told Reuters. Thailand reported 8,077 new infections and nine deaths on Sunday, taking the tally to more than 2.3 million cases and nearly 22,000 deaths since the pandemic started in 2020.

 

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