BANGKOK, Feb 28 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry
reported one new Covid-19 case, raising the total cases in the country to 41.
The new confirmed patient is a Thai tour guide, who
has recently returned from South Korea.
The man is now receiving the treatment at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute. Officials are
tracing two persons who had come to close contact with him and others in the
tour group.
Meanwhile, one more Chinese patient has been fully
recovered and released from hospital. Now, 13 patients remain hospitalized,
including two critically-ill cases, who tested negative for Covid-19 in the
latest lab test results.
However, they are still on ventilators in negative
pressure isolation rooms. Doctors expect that their physical condition will
improve soon.
Since Jan, the number of cases under investigation totaled
2,353. Fewer than two percent of these
patients under monitoring are found to be infected with the novel coronavirus. (TNA)
