Saturday, 08 Feb 2020 09:02 PM MYT
A health worker uses an infrared thermometer to check the temperature of a tourist who arrives at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport, Thailand, January 25, 2020. — Reuters pic BANGKOK, Feb 8 — Thailand today confirmed seven new cases of the novel coronavirus , including a Thai airlifted out of coronavirus-hit Wuhan on Tuesday, bringing the country’s tally to 32.
Disease Control Department director-general Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai said the additional cases comprise three Thais and four Chinese nationals.The patient was admitted to Chonburi Hospital yesterday after showing coronavirus symptoms and laboratory test results came out positive this morning.The four Chinese patients comprise three family members of previously reported cases, and a tourist from an area near Wuhan, Suwannachai said.