62 cases of Indian COVID-19 variant confirmed in Thailand to date

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62 people in Thailand have been found to have contracted the Indian variant, or B.1.617, of COVID-19, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.

 

36 Indian variant cases were found among construction workers in Bangkok’s Laksi district last week. Further testing in other parts of the capital found a further 26 Indian variant cases, said Dr. Supakit Sirilak, the department’s director-general yesterday (Tuesday).

 

All 62 cases were diagnosed using nasal swab tests, he said, adding that the transmissibility and severity of Indian variant infections are not expected to vary much from the UK strain, or B.1.1.7, which has been found in many infections in the current wave in Thailand.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/62-cases-of-indian-covid-19-variant-confirmed-in-thailand-to-date/

 

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62 cases detected to date. Back to that age old argument, if you don't test you don't know what the number of cases really are.

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So Thailand say the strain from India is not expected    to be more of  a risk than the Kent strain, when Just about every other country says it is?