28 Phichit detected its first Omicron case who returned from Dubai while Nakhon Ratchasima (aka Korat) confirmed two Omicron patients who arrived from Britain.
34 Eighteen karate athletes, coaching staff and executives of the Thailand Karate Federation tested positive for COVID-19 after returning from the Asian Karate Championships in Kazakhstan but all of them remained stable.
24 A renowned virologist predicts Omicron will be the dominant variant of COVID-19 worldwide in a few months and Thailand may face its 5th wave of the disease after the New Year holiday.
63 Traffic thickened on Mitrapharp Highway in Sikhiu district of Nakhon Ratchasima, the gateway of the Northeast, as the New Year exodus began.
38 Thai people living near the border in Mae Sot and Phop Phra districts greatly feared stray grenades from a prolonged battle between Myanmar government soldiers and Karen troops as Myanmar refugees were brought to safe grounds on the Thai side.
24 About 23 million Thai people shared fake news over the past two years, according to the digital economy and society minister.
74 The Amazing Thailand Countdown 2022 festival started in the northern province with extravagant light and sound shows and strict COVID-19 control measures.
77 Police had a suspect re-enact his murder of a woman who lived in the same condominium building in Bang Phli district as he claimed he had intended only to steal her valuables.
26 The number of people infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is soaring with clusters in many provinces, according to the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration.
43 A clash between Myanmar soldiers and ethnic troops near Tak province had heavy impacts on local Thai people as about 5,000 Myanmar people already fled the battlefield on their homeland across the Moei River to the Thai side.
42 The northeastern province recorded its first Omicron case, an Australian man who arrived on Dec 11 through the Test & Go entry program and met his girlfriend in Amnat Charoen province.
91 Central Pattana Public Company Limited has decided to organize its “centralwOrld bangkOk cOuntdOwn 2022” in a 3D virtual form and people can witness the event online to help contain COVID-19.
