Women wearing mask selling on the market during the COVID -- 19 coronavirus outbreak in Thailand. BANGKOK NNT The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID 19 is now being detected in all provinces of Thailand, with health authorities expecting nearly every new coronaviruses to stem from the new strain by the end of the month.
Dr Supakit Sirilak, the director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, said 86.8% of 3,711 samples analyzed from January 11 to 17 are of the Omicron variant, while only 13.2% are Delta variants.