The first patient diagnosed with the XBC Deltacron strain of Covid-19 in Thailand has now fully recovered as the patient did not experience severe symptoms.
Dr Supakit Sirilak, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences, said on Wednesday that health authorities had detected the first case of XBC, a hybrid of the Delta and Omicron BA.2 variants, in the kingdom. The new hybrid has not yet shown any signs of causing severe symptoms, but it appears to be highly transmissible, said Dr Supakit.
