Bangkok Covid-19 Omicron rate rising as people ignore vaccination, says lung expert


BANGKOK, Nov 7 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): A respiratory diseases expert on Monday urged people to keep getting vaccinated, warning that his hospital had seen an alarming rise in Covid-19 Omicron cases.

Manoon Leechawengwongs, a pulmonologist at Vichaiyut Hospital, wrote on Facebook that Omicron infections registered at the central Bangkok hospital rose from 778 in September to 986 in October.

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