Border reopening halted by Delta Plus

The country has detected its first local case of a Delta Plus sublineage less than a week before a planned nationwide reopening for vaccinated international visitors.

One case of Delta subtype AY.1 was reported in the northern province of Kamphaeng Phet, while 18 cases of Alpha Plus, which has been spreading in neighbouring Cambodia, have been reported in three provinces, Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, said yesterday.