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Kalasin’s Omicron cluster spreads to 11 other provinces

Mass testing for Covid-19 continues at Big C superstore in Muang district of Kalasin on Wednesday, after Thailand’s first Omicron super-spreaders arrived in the province from Belgium. (Photo: Yongyuth Phuphuangpet)

Health authorities labelled a couple in the northeastern province of Kalasin Covid-19 super-spreaders after hundreds of people in multiple provinces contracted the Omicron strain of the virus.

Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said since the Thai couple returned from Belgium on Dec 10, Omicron infections have been detected in Kalasin, Udon Thani, Maha Sarakham, Khon Kaen, Roi Et, Nong Bua Lam Phu, Sakon Nakhon, Lamphun, Ubon Ratchathani, Phitsanulok, Lampang and Phetchabun.

Kalasin alone had 248 cases from the cluster, with a further 13 in Khon Kaen, 103…

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