RT-PCR tests on errant Israeli negative, but further tests underway
Facing charge of fleeing quarantine hotel
SURAT THANI: RT-PCR tests on an Israeli tourist who left his quarantine hotel in Bangkok and went to Koh Samui have returned negative for Covid-19, but samples have been sent for further testing in a laboratory.
Officials from the Medical Sciences Department still suspect he is infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Surat Thani public health chief Jeerachart Ruengwatcharin said on Thursday that two RT-PCR tests had been made on swabs from Ohad Baruch, 29 – at Bangkok Hospital Samui and Koh…
