Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, views closed circuit video images of coronavirus patients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok. Photo: AFP Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, views closed circuit video images of coronavirus patients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok. Photo: AFP
Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, views closed circuit video images of coronavirus patients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok. Photo: AFP
Asia /  Southeast Asia

Coronavirus: Thailand has apparent treatment success with antiviral drug cocktail

  • A 71-year-old patient tested negative for the virus 48 hours after doctors administered a combination of antivirals used to treat flu and HIV
  • Thailand has detected 19 confirmed cases of the virus so far – the second highest number of cases outside China, after Japan

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 8:27am, 3 Feb, 2020

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Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, views closed circuit video images of coronavirus patients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok. Photo: AFP Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, views closed circuit video images of coronavirus patients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok. Photo: AFP
Thai Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, right, views closed circuit video images of coronavirus patients at Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok. Photo: AFP
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