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Omicron cases ‘rising rapidly’

Omicron cases ‘rising rapidly’

205 infections with variant confirmed

A health worker gives a woman a Moderna booster shot at the Zear Rangsit shopping centre in Pathum Thani on Friday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill)

About 16% of Covid-19 infections detected in Thailand so far have been proven to be cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant, according to the latest random sample collected by the Public Health Ministry.

Apisamai Srirangson, assistant spokeswoman for the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), said that there were 205 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant in Thailand as of Friday. The figure rose from 154 cases on Wednesday.

She also said a random sample of 874 Covid-19 cases was conducted between Dec 20-23. Of them, 16.2%…

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