Phuket province has now identified 5 cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 according to health officials on the island. All 5 infections were recognized from the RT-PCR check that every one international arrivals are administered as soon as they land in Thailand.
The Omicron infections were found in people who arrived on December 13 and December 14. One infection was in a Thai nationwide who was getting back from a pilgrimage to Saudia Arabia through Qatar, whereas one other was a Tunisian individual from France. A third infection was present in a Swedish traveller coming from Sweden and the last 2 have been identified in an American and a German particular person, each of whom had flown from the UK.
The travellers who examined positive for the Omicron variant in Phuket were between the ages of 24 and 26. three had been fully vaccinated with Pfizer, while one had obtained 2 Moderna vaccines. The Thai nationwide had acquired 2 doses of the Sinovac vaccine as well as a Pfizer booster shot. They were all transferred to hospital services.
All 5 travellers had travelled on flights routed via via the Middle East and had examined unfavorable for Covid-19 with PCR tests earlier than boarding the flight to Phuket. All had visited the Hajj in Mecca. There had been 132 other passengers on the flight but no different optimistic checks for Omicron have been identified but in Phuket.
They had been getting into Thailand as part of the Test & Go program that may have allowed them to travel freely after testing, had the outcomes been adverse. The group of 5 passengers have been quarantined locally for five days before transferring south to Pattani province to continue quarantine there underneath a special association from the Phuket Provincial Police. They will remain under observation by medical workers for one more 9 days for a full 14-day quarantine.
The first positive check for the Omicron variant in Phuket was first identified on Friday, however the other four passengers were already beneath quarantine before the Covid-19 infection was confirmed because the Omicron variant. The Phuket Provincial Public Health Office confirmed that the outbreak was fully contained and there was no likelihood it would spread onto the island. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์Huawei assured that there was no safety menace to the people of Phuket and urged everyone not to panic..