Thailand confirms first human-to-human coronavirus transmission, Britain reports first two cases

Workers producing masks at the Thai Hospital Product Company Ltd. factory in Bangkok. A Thai surgical mask factory, producing 10 million masks a month, increased working hours to cope with the rising demand following an outbreak of SARS-like virus in China, with their product exported mostly to US and Europe the rest sold on the domestic market. - AFP

"The Thai person who got infected does not have the record of travelling to China and it is likely that he was infected from a sick traveler from China," Tanarak said. "We can confirm that two patients in England, who are members of the same family, have tested positive for coronavirus," Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England, said in a statement.

"We have been preparing for UK cases of novel coronavirus and we have robust infection control measures in place to respond immediately," he added.

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