Thailand on alert for Omicron cases


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Public Health Ministry is keeping a close eye out for infections from the new Covid-19 variant Omicron and has urged its provincial offices to maintain all preventive measures, the ministry’s permanent secretary Dr Kiattiphum Wongrajit said on Sunday (Nov 28).

He was speaking at a meeting with the Emergency Operation Centre and representatives from provincial public health offices nationwide on Sunday.

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