Thailand records first coronavirus deathFILE PHOTO: This handout photo taken and released by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration's health department on Thursday shows a government health personnel wearing protective clothing disinfecting a house after family members were infected with Covid-19 coronavirus in Bangkok. (AFP/Bangkok Metropolitan Administration photo)Thailand has recorded its first coronavirus death. The Public Health Ministry is still looking into the role played by the coronavirus in the fatality, Dr Suwannachai said. The announcement, signed by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and published in the Royal Gazette on Saturday, also gave authorities more power to combat the spread of the virus. Thailand has reported 42 cases of infection, with 30 of those discharged.

Source: Bangkok Post March 01, 2020 06:09 UTC