Omicron cluster emerges


Orderly queue: People waiting to receive Covid-19 jabs at a vaccination centre in Bangkok. The capital has cancelled all government-sponsored New Year activities in light of recent infections. — Bloomberg

THE country has reported its first domestic cluster of coronavirus infections from the Omicron variant in Kalasin province in northeastern Thailand, according to officials.

“From the Kalasin cluster, there are 21 new infections,” said country’s Covid-19 task force spokesman Apisamai Srirangsan yesterday.The infections stemmed from a couple who travelled from Belgium through the country’s Test & Go scheme that waived quarantine for vaccinated arrivals, she said.

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