Thailand records first Omicron death in Hat Yai

BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): An 86-year-old woman, who had apparently received two Pfizer jabs, became the first person in Thailand to succumb to the Omicron variant, Songkhla public health authorities said on Sunday (Jan 16).

The provincial public health office said the Hat Yai-native was a bedridden Alzheimer’s patient and is believed to have picked up the variant from her grandson, who tested positive after returning from Phuket.