Thailand has detected two Covid-19 cases of Omicron’s highly transmissible and immune evasive XBB sub-variant, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.
The department’s director-general Supakit Sirilak said the first case was a 60-year-old foreigner, recently arriving from Hong Kong. She had coughing, sore throat and a runny nose and sought medical treatment on September 28.
The other case was a 49-year-old Thai woman, who returned from Singapore. She had an examination at hospital on September 27. Both tested positive for Covid-19 and have already recovered without severe conditions.
He said the department has monitored multiple sub-lineages of the Omicron variant. In Thailand, BA.5 is still the predominant subvariant.
People should not panic as the XBB sub-lineage has not caused more severe symptoms than the previous Omicron variants. (TNA)
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