Thai joint business group sees limited economic impact from Omicron

People queue to buy subsidised Covid-19 coronavirus rapid antigen (ATK) tests at a Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) pharmacy in Bangkok on January 14, 2022. - AFP

BANGKOK, Jan 15 (Reuters): Thailand's leading business group ohas announced that it saw only a limited impact on the country's economy from the latest coronavirus outbreak driven by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

"We expect the impact from the Omicron variant to be felt in the first quarter of 2022 then economic recovery will continue in the second quarter," said Sanan Angubolkul, chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking.