CHIANG MAI: The Omicron variant has been detected in two foreigners visiting Chiang Mai who tested positive for Covid-19, with confirmation from more lab tests expected in two days.
The tourists were a German and British nationals who arrived in the country under the quarantine-free programme, Test & Go, through Suvarnabhumi airport.
Chiang Mai governor Prajon Pratsakul said the German visitor, 22, passed an RT-PCR test after arriving in Bangkok on Dec 17 and travelled to the northern province on Thai Lion Air flight SL510 on Dec 20.
He stayed overnight at a condominium room in Chang Klan area of Muang district and travelled to Mae Wang district…