BANGKOK: Thailand on Friday evening (Jan 24) confirmed its fifth case of the new coronavirus, a senior public health official said, in the second instance in which a patient was not detected at the airport before entering the country. "The patient is a 33-year-old woman from Wuhan on vacation," Deputy Public Health Minister Sathit Patucha told Reuters, adding that she was under quarantine at Rajavithi hospital and her condition was improving. The woman arrived in Bangkok on Jan. 21 with her daughter and visited a private hospital complaining of a fever, coughing and muscle aches before being transferred to a government hospital on Jan 23, Sathit said. Thailand currently has two patients under quarantine for the virus. The Wuhan airport was closed on Thursday and Friday.

Source: The Star January 24, 2020 10:18 UTC