BangkokPost-Dec 6

Thailand has detected its first case of Omicron. The coronavirus variant was found in a Thai businessman who arrived in the country from Spain, senior Public Health Ministry officials said on Monday.Department of Medical Sciences director-general Supakit Sirilak said the new variant was detected in an RT-PCR test conducted when the 35-year-old man arrived in Thailand. Department of Disease Control chief Opas Karnkawinpong added the businessman was a US citizen  who had lived in Spain for one year before he arrived in Thailand. He was on Emirates Airline flight EK372 from Dubai to Suvarnabhumi Airport and showed no symptoms. Following the man’s positive RT-PCR test, a more detailed test was conducted at the Department of Medical Sciences on Friday. He was being treated at a hospital, Dr Opas said.

Dr Supakit said “the chance that the infection is the Omicron variant is 99.92%”.  Read more at: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2227511/thailand-detects-first-omicron-covid-case