Thailand Reports 43 New Cases of Influenza A/H1N1 in 1 Day
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Thailand on Friday reported another 43 case of Influenza A/H1N1, bringing the total number to 89, official said.
Of the 43, 37 received treatment from private hospitals in Bangkok, one from southern provinces of Songkhla and Phuket each and three from Pattaya, the Nation news website on Friday night quoted Dr Prat Bunyawongwirote, Public Health Ministry Permanent Secretary as saying.
Earlier Friday, Thailand quarantined 10 New Zealand tourists after one of them was found to have high fever while crossing at the Aranyaprathet border checkpoint in a northeastern province of Sa Kaew.
On May 12, the Public Health Ministry announced the country's first two confirmed A/H1N1 flu cases and by June 11, the country has totally 46 confirmed A/H1N1 flu patients.
(Xinhua News Agency June 13, 2009)