The 14 Thai returnees, who arrived at Bangkok from Mexico on Sunday night were free of the deadly influenza A/H1N1, according to laboratory tests, Thai Deputy Public Health Minister Manit Nopamornbodi announced late on Monday.

Among the 14 returnees, three have had normal human flu as the yare tired of the long traveling, said Manit, the Thai News Agency reported.

After arriving, the 14 returnees have been quarantined at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute located at Nonthaburi Province next to capital Bangkok.

On Tuesday, the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute will consider if some of these can leave for home, said the Thai Deputy Public Health Minister.

However, the three who are ill of the normal human flu will remain quarantined at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute for further monitoring, he said.

(Xinhua News Agency May 5, 2009)