Thai prisoner found to be infected with G strain of COVID-19

Health investigators have been looking into how a Thai prisoner was infected with the G strain of COVID-19, the same strain which is now spreading worldwide.

Director-General of the Medical Science Department, Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, told the media on Friday that the G strain is the one found among infected returnees from abroad in state quarantine.

Full story: thaipbsworld.com

By Thai PBS World

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