Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Covid-19 update: 1 new case, no new deaths (May 14)

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Thursday, May 14, 2020 12:34

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The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration announced 1 new case of Covid-19 this morning at its daily press briefing in Bangkok. Dr. Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman for the CCSA, announced the new case is in Chiang Mai, which had previously been clear of new case reports for over a month.

The 39 year old man had recently returned from Phuket and is considered an imported case from the island. Taweesilp said the man is asymptomatic. 6 more people have recovered and were released from hospital overnight.

Thailand has had a total of 3018 cases of Covid-19 since the beginning of the outbreak in January. Of those 2,850 have fully recovered. There have been 56 deaths in total.

SOURCE: The Pattaya News

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Jack Burton is an American writer, broadcaster, linguist and journalist who has lived in Asia since 1987. A native of the state of Georgia, he attended the The University of Georgia's Henry Grady School of Journalism, which hands out journalism's prestigious Peabody Awards. His works have appeared in The China Post, The South China Morning Post, The International Herald Tribune and many magazines throughout Asia and the world. He is fluent in Mandarin and has appeared on television and radio for decades in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau.

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