Will the new and rapidly spreading Omicron variant of Covid-19 have a strong effect on the economy of Thailand? According to the Ministry of Finance, the answer is a solid maybe. Minister of Finance Arkhom Termpittayapaisith says it’s just too soon to know if and how Thailand’s economy will be affected by the Omicron variant.
The Ministry of Finance is currently looking at the overall economy and trying to gauge the impact of a new variant that has proved to be more transmissible than any previous variant but is looking likely to be less severe in symptoms and death than other strains.
When the Omicron variant first emerged it sent shock waves through countries’ economies with stock markets worldwide tumbling on fears of new lockdowns and financial turmoil. But with the milder symptoms that seem to come with Omicron and new data on several vaccines showing that, with a…
