Thailand records first cases of highly infectious XBB Covid variant


BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): Thailand has recorded its first two cases of the new Covid-19 subvariant XBB, the Public Health Ministry said on Monday (Oct 17).

Two women – one Thai and one foreigner – tested positive for the new and highly transmissible strain of Omicron, according to the ministry’s Medical Sciences Department (MSD).

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