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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
Fear over ‘new bug strain’ Doc points to spike in Hong Kong cases Health experts have sounded the alarm after the discovery of a new mutation of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has been hit by its worst Covid-19 wave to date, recording the world’s highest coronavirus death rate. Dr Chalermchai Boonyaleephan, deputy chairman of a Senate committee on public health, posted on Blockdit that Omicron has mutated into three subvariants (BA.1, BA.2, and BA.3). He wrote that the number of infections and deaths in Hong Kong has reached a record high which has coincided with the e…