South Korean Woman Becomes Infected with Coronavirus After Visit to Thailand
It is not even safe to visit Thailand now:
South Korea on Tuesday confirmed its 16th case of the novel coronavirus infection, with the latest patient having recently visited Thailand, as more stringent quarantine measures are being taken to stem the spread of the virus.
The patient, a 42-year-old South Korean woman, returned from a trip to Thailand on Jan. 19 and started feeling chills on Jan. 25, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
Her condition did not improve despite receiving treatment for several days, so she was tested at a general hospital in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, on Monday, with the test results coming back positive. Thailand has reported 19 cases of virus infections.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link.
When it is brought to Korea from a random encounter in Thailand it is time to consider it a pandemic… and move resources from management to prevention.
Hmmm. The blog post’s title says “man,” but the article says “woman.”
Kevin, I have heard there were a lot of genderfluid people in Siam…
So far the coronavirus map shows Thailand has 25 people diagnosed with it.
Odds this one person just happened to run into one of those 25…I’d say is low.
2 of the latest cases attended a business conference in Singapore, they and a Malaysian man contracted the virus (only ones so far ID). Conference held at the Grand Hyatt so no telling how many more were exposed there, let alone at airports etc. on their travels. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/coronavirus-south-korea-confirms-new-case-man-infected-in-singapore
Also, he was from Guri but currently at Myongji Hospital. Guri is on the East side of Seoul, Myongji hospital is by Goyang on the west side of Seoul….how did he get there?
Tencent accidently and temporarily published numbers like 154K infected and 24K dead before going back to authorized totals…
There were 5 Million folks from Wuhan who escaped before the quarantine. And many, many Chinese flew to Thailand.
The idea that this is “contained” is beyond ludicrous.
May the medical folks quickly find effective treatments.
@Kevin Kim, good catch I fixed it.
Chinese “coronavirus whistleblower” doctor died.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/06/asia/li-wenliang-coronavirus-whistleblower-doctor-dies-intl/index.html
But, he was 34 so he was old and decrepit, and probably going to die soon anyway.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Up to 23 in Korea now, most of those person to person transmission.
If you are in Korea, virus tracker maps:
http://coronamap.site/
https://corona-nearby.com/
English language new article reference the maps
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200204003700315