COVID-19 cases in Thailand are increasing, especially cases of the easily transmissible KP.2 sub-variant, also known as FLiRT, with a total of 1,880 infections reported between May 5th and 11thth and 11th, 11 of them have died, according to the Department of Disease Control.
From the start of the year to May 11thth, a total of 14,937 COVID-19 cases have been reported, and 104 people have died.
Dr. Yong Poovorawan, head of the Centre of Excellence in Clinical Virology at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University, mentioned in his Facebook Post today that health officials have been closely monitoring the rise in infections adding, however, that the JN sub-variant of the Omicron variant is the dominant variant spreading worldwide, particularly its mutation, the KP.2 sub-variant, which is easily transmissible.
Despite the increase in infections, he stated that most of the patients showed mild symptoms, except among vulnerable groups of people, such as the elderly and those with comorbidities.
