A man has died from a new strain of Covid as nations across the world have reported increasing numbers of infections. An elderly man in Thailand, who is as yet unnamed, is the first reported death from Arcturus.
The Omicron subvariant was first seen in India and has been on the World Health Organisation's watchlist since the end of March. Skyrocketing infections have prompted Indian health officials to reintroduce mandatory mask-wearing among other measures.
According to the Mirror, 27 cases had so far been detected in Thailand with the country's director-general of the Medical Sciences reporting that the deceased was "an elderly foreigner" with underlying health conditions. Dr Supakit Sirilak however dampened some fears stating that the death "may not directly reflect the severity of this subvariant but rather its impact on other risk factors."
