Wuhan pneumonia outbreak: Thai man possibly infected, authorities investigating

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BANGKOK: A Thai man has been detected with symptoms similar to those of coronavirus infection and is currently being monitored in an isolation ...

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control reported on Monday there were more than 200 confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in China. Nine people were in critical condition and 817 others were being monitored.Thailand has reported two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus. One patient has been released from hospital and returned to China.

There are 36 close contacts of the two confirmed cases in Thailand but none of them have been infected by the new coronavirus, according to the Ministry of Public Health. Thai authorities have raised the alert level to two out of three. Hospitals have also been asked to screen patients with symptoms of coughing, sore throat, runny nose and wheezing as well as people with recent travel history to Wuhan.

 

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