BANGKOK, Jan 28 (TNA) – Thai Permanent Secretary for
Public Health reiterated that only eight coronavirus cases from China were
confirmed in Thailand while the Public Health Ministry is ready to deploy
additional 5,000 personnel to screen tourists at international airports.
Permanent Secretary for Public Health, Dr. Sukhum
Kanchanapimai told a press briefing on Monday about the new coronavirus
situation in Thailand that the number of new coronavirus cases was confirmed at
eight and they were infected with the disease in China.
Eight confirmed cases include seven Chinese tourists
and a Thai national, having returned from Wuhan, he said.
Five of them were fully recovered and the conditions
of the remaining three cases are improving, he added.
He denied rumours that some immigration police officers
were contracted with the new coronavirus and said there was no death from the
coronavirus in Thailand.
Thailand has also expanded the strict screening at
airports to cover arrivals from Wuhan, Changchun and Guangzhou.
Thai authorities urge the public not to panic
because Thailand has the surveillance mechanism, put in place. Additional 5,000
health personnel will be deployed to station at the disease control checkpoints
at the airports to work around the clock. (TNA)
