BANGKOK, Feb 4 (TNA) – Thailand has confirmed six more
cases of new coronavirus, four Thais and two Chinese tourists, bringing the
country’s tally to 25.
Public Health Ministry officials announced Tuesday evening
that among the four Thais was a married couple who recently travelled to
Japan. The other two are drivers who had
been in contacts with Chinese tourists.
The ministry has coordinated Japanese authorities for
investigation into the infected couple.
Conditions of five of these new patients had already
improved; if the next test results were negative they will be discharged,
officials said.
However, the other case, a 70-year-old driver, was
complicated. He had been transferred
from a private hospital in Samut Prakan province on Monday with tuberculosis
before tested positive for the coronavirus, they said.
Responding to a media report that a South Korean patient is
found to have infected with the virus after returning from Thailand, the
Ministry says it has contacted South Korean authorities via World Health
Organization’s mechanism.
The Ministry sought more information in order to investigate,
officials said, whether it was the case or a local transmission.
The Ministry also reported earlier on Tuesday that seven
more people have been placed under surveillance.
Of the confirmed cases of coronavirus in Thailand, eight
have recovered and discharged while 11 are being hospitalized. (TNA)
