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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 21:00
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43 more A(H1N1) cases reported in Thailand
BANGKOK, June 12 (TNA) - The number of A(H1N1) patients in Thailand continues to rise, with 43 new confirmed cased in the capital, Bangkok and major tourist destinations.
Dr. Prat Boonyawongvirot, director of the Influenza A(H1N1) Prevention Centre, announced the 43 new cases, bringing the total number in Thaialnd to 89. 37 of the flu patients were being treated in private hospitals in Bangkok, most of them having returned from abroad. One case was reported on the southern resort island of Phuket, one in the eastern seaside resort of Pattaya and one was International school student.
The confirmation of a university student as Thailand's 48th A(H1N1) patient prompted his faculty to announce a seven-day closure beginning Friday.
Earlier on Friday, another student from St. Gabriel's College in Bangkok contracted the A(H1N1) virus. The tutoring school the student attended over the weekend would also be closed to curb the spread of the flu.
Meanwhile, at a disease control checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province, a New Zealand tour guide was put under quarantine along with nine other people, after he was detected with a high fever. He was the first suspected A(H1N1) case in the eastern province which borders Cambodia.
The Public Health Ministry will continue stepping up measures in areas where spread of the virus has been reported. It hasalso asked the public not to panic but to adopt sanitary habits such as frequent hand washing and use of serving spoons.
The ministry assured there was enough antiviral drugs, while also ordering two million doses of A(H1N1) vaccine to be produced over the next four months and sent to Thailand in March 2010.
Thailand now has 105 suspected A(H1N1) cases under medical surveillance. (TNA)
Dr. Prat Boonyawongvirot, director of the Influenza A(H1N1) Prevention Centre, announced the 43 new cases, bringing the total number in Thaialnd to 89. 37 of the flu patients were being treated in private hospitals in Bangkok, most of them having returned from abroad. One case was reported on the southern resort island of Phuket, one in the eastern seaside resort of Pattaya and one was International school student.
The confirmation of a university student as Thailand's 48th A(H1N1) patient prompted his faculty to announce a seven-day closure beginning Friday.
Earlier on Friday, another student from St. Gabriel's College in Bangkok contracted the A(H1N1) virus. The tutoring school the student attended over the weekend would also be closed to curb the spread of the flu.
Meanwhile, at a disease control checkpoint in Sa Kaeo province, a New Zealand tour guide was put under quarantine along with nine other people, after he was detected with a high fever. He was the first suspected A(H1N1) case in the eastern province which borders Cambodia.
The Public Health Ministry will continue stepping up measures in areas where spread of the virus has been reported. It hasalso asked the public not to panic but to adopt sanitary habits such as frequent hand washing and use of serving spoons.
The ministry assured there was enough antiviral drugs, while also ordering two million doses of A(H1N1) vaccine to be produced over the next four months and sent to Thailand in March 2010.
Thailand now has 105 suspected A(H1N1) cases under medical surveillance. (TNA)
