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XE wave ‘likely to be mild’

XE wave ‘likely to be mild’

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A health professional vaccinates a girl against Covid-19 at a shopping centre in Bankok on March 17. (Photo: Somchai Poomlard)

The Public Health Ministry on Sunday played down concerns raised by the detection of the first case of the XE Covid-19 strain in the country, saying there is no need to panic as it is not believed to result in as many complications as some previous mutations.

The head of the Centre for Medical Genomics (CMG) at Ramathibodi Hospital, which diagnosed the patient found with the strain, said the individual had already made a full recovery.

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