Bangkok, Dec 6 (IANS) Thai health authorities announced on Monday that a first-ever case of the Omicron Covid variant has been detected in the country.The 35-year-old US traveller, flying from Spain by transiting through Dubai, entered Thailand with a negative RT-PCR test, but his on-arrival test was confirmed to be positive on December 1 and further testing confirmed the presence of the new variant, Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Public Health as saying.According to the Ministry, the passenger, currently under treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, was asymptomatic, and there has been no high-risk contacts as the patient has taken strict precautions during his trip.On Monday, Thailand reported 4,000 new Covid-19 cases and 22 deaths, raising the total number of infections to more than 2.14 million while that of cumulative fatalities to 20,966, according to the Ministry.
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