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New Omicron sub-variants found to be more severe

The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Covid-19 are more severe than other sub-variants of the Omicron strain, and less affected by antibodies, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.

Bangkok Post · Jul 11, 2022

BA.4, BA.5 sub-variants becoming dominant Covid strain

BA.4 and BA.5 will soon be the dominant sub-variants of Covid-19 in Thailand, but have so far not been shown to cause severe illness, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.

Bangkok Post · Jul 4, 2022

Subvariants set to become dominant

The Centre for Medical Genomics (CMG) at Ramathibodi Hospital has predicted the more transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants are likely to become dominant strains in Thailand next month.

Bangkok Post · Jul 2, 2022

Govt detects 'infectious' sub-variants

Ministry of Public Health officials are on high alert after at least one foreign national was detected carrying an Omicron sub-variant with the potential to cause severe infections, according to the ministry's Department of Medical Sciences.

Bangkok Post · May 9, 2022

Delivery man may be infected with new XJ Covid variant

A parcel delivery man may be infected with a new Covid-19 variant never before detected in Thailand, a senior health official said on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Apr 4, 2022

Deltacron on the move

Thailand on Wednesday reported 73 cases of the Deltacron variant, a hybrid of the Delta and Omicron strains of the new coronavirus, and all patients had fully recovered, according to the Department of Medical Sciences (DMS).

Bangkok Post · Mar 23, 2022

Double masking enough, health ministry says

Wearing more than two face masks does not mean better protection from Covid-19, a senior Public Health Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post · Mar 23, 2022

Ministry reports HK strain

The Public Health Ministry on Monday reported four cases of coronavirus infections which it suspects may be caused by a new mutant strain responsible for the worrying Covid-19 outbreak in Hong Kong, but assured that so far, authorities see no reason to be concerned.

Bangkok Post · Mar 14, 2022

Probe into sub-variant's potency

The Department of Medical Sciences (DMS) is studying whether the BA.2 sub-variant of the Omicron variant is more virulent than its cousins, says director-general Dr Supakit Sirilak.

Bangkok Post · Feb 20, 2022

Omicron-only by month's end

The Omicron variant is spreading rapidly and is likely to be cause of almost all local Covid-19 infections by the end of this month, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.

Bangkok Post · Jan 21, 2022