Thailand detects local Delta Plus case ahead of border reopening
The Peninsula
Thailand has detected its first local case of a delta plus sublineage less than a week before a planned nationwide reopening for vaccinated international visitors.
One case of delta subtype AY.1 was reported in the northern province of Kamphaeng Phet, while 18 cases of alpha plus, which has been spreading in neighboring Cambodia, have been reported in three provinces, Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, said on Tuesday.
The local delta plus case was found in a patient at a field hospital by the Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, he said. Thailand has so far detected 19 delta subtypes, and AY.30 is the most common with more than 1,300 cases, Health Ministry data showed.
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