British inmate 'showed no sign' of coronavirus before extraditionBritish drug suspect Mark Rumble is arrested in Pattaya on Nov 2, 2019 before being extradited to the United Kingdom on Jan 27. (Crime Suppression Division photo)A British prison showed no sign of fever before he was transferred from Thailand to the United Kingdom, a senior Corrections Department officials said on Wednesday. Rumble was arrested in Pattaya on Nov 2 and imprisoned at Bangkok Remand Prison before being extradited to Britain on drug charges. He collapsed in a UK jail on Monday of suspected coronavirus, now officially known as Covid-19, according to several British media outlets. The medical report from Rumble's examination was sent to the UK before his departure, according to the Disease Control Department (DCD).

Source: Bangkok Post February 12, 2020 09:56 UTC