By LINDA KHOO
BANGKOK, Jan 26 -- The number of 2019 novel coronavirus cases in Thailand rose to eight today, the most number of confirmed cases outside China.
Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister, Anutin Charnverakul said of the eight confirmed cases, five have recovered and discharged from hospital.
He said the remaining three Chinese patients aged 33, 57 and 73-year-old are still receiving treatment at the hospital.
Anutin said their conditions were improving and they will be allowed to return home if lab results come out negative for coronavirus.
“Public health is our top priority. We will not prioritise tourism revenue over public health.
“We are confident we can control the situation,” he told reporters here today.
Earlier, Anutin chaired an emergency meeting with government agencies, including those from the health, tourism and transport ministries on measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
Anutin said there were 84 suspected cases reported in the kingdom.
“24 of them were detected by thermal surveillance at the airport while the rest were walk-in patients.
”A total of 39 suspected patients have been quarantined at the hospitals on suspicion of having contracted coronavirus,” he said.
-- BERNAMA
BERNAMA provides up-to-date authentic and comprehensive news and information which are disseminated via BERNAMA Wires; www.bernama.com; BERNAMA TV on Astro 502, unifi TV 631 and MYTV 121 channels and BERNAMA Radio on FM93.9 (Klang Valley), FM107.5 (Johor Bahru), FM107.9 (Kota Kinabalu) and FM100.9 (Kuching) frequencies.
Follow us on social media :
Facebook : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatv, @bernamaradio
Twitter : @bernama.com, @BernamaTV, @bernamaradio
Instagram : @bernamaofficial, @bernamatvofficial, @bernamaradioofficial
TikTok : @bernamaofficial
