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Thailand says finds first reported local transmission of Omicron
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai woman has tested positive to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country's first reported case of local transmission, a health ministry official said on Monday.
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai woman has tested positive to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the Southeast Asian country’s first reported case of local transmission, a health ministry official said on Monday.
The woman contracted the virus from her husband, a Colombian who returned to Thailand from Nigeria in November, the official told a daily health ministry briefing.
(Reporting by Patpicha Tanakasempipat; Editing by Ed Davies)
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