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Thailand’s public health ministry reported seven new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, including three Thais and four Chinese.
The new cases brought the total reported in the country to 32, among the world’s highest number of infections outside China.
“The seven new cases are all in hospital,” said Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai, director general of the Disease Control Department.

One of the Thai cases was part of the group of 138 evacuated from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan on Tuesday, Suwannachai told reporters.
The other two Thais had exposure to tourists, he said.
Among the four Chinese, three are members of the families of previously reported cases, while the other is a tourist from a “risky area” in China, said Suwannachai.
Thai minister: ‘Western’ tourists not wearing masks should be kicked out
Among the 32 cases Thailand has reported so far, 23 are Chinese while nine are Thais.
As of Saturday, one more patient was allowed to go home, bringing the count of discharges to 10, said Suwannachai, adding that 22 other patients remained in hospital.
Meanwhile, a Japanese man suspected of being infected with the coronavirus has died in the Chinese city of Wuhan, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, in what would be the first Japanese death resulting from the deadly virus.
Total infections on board cruise ship in Japan rises to at least 64
The man in his 60s had been hospitalised since January 22 with severe pneumonia, a Japanese government source said.
The hospital in Wuhan city, the centre of the outbreak, had tested the man for the virus but it had notified Japanese officials that the results were inconclusive.
Citing privacy, the ministry declined to disclose the man’s name and other details.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent his condolences to the man’s family and renewed his pledge to contain the outbreak.
“Protecting our people’s lives and health is the top priority,” Abe told reporters.
“I will do my best to prevent the spread and take necessary measures without hesitation.”
Malaysia confirms human transmission arising from Singapore meeting
A 67-year-old Chinese tourist from Wuhan is the 16th patient that has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in Malaysia, said Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.
Wan Azizah said that the patient is the mother of a friend of the 14th patient to test positive for the virus in the country.
“The 67-year-old woman was confirmed to carry the virus on February 7 and is currently being warded at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Her condition is stable. This makes it the 16th positive case, with four of the cases being Malaysians, ” she said.
Currently, 12 out of 16 positive cases are China nationals while four are Malaysians.
So far, one patient – a four-year-old Chinese girl – has recovered from the coronavirus and has been allowed to return to China.


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Coronavirus: Thailand has 7 new cases, Malaysia 1; Japanese man dies in Wuhan

Commuters wear face masks at a skytrain station in Bangkok on February 7, 2020. Photo: AP

epa08200222 Thai health officials check the temperature of arriving passengers from international flights at Don Mueang Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, 07 February 2020. Thai Public Health officials said that the number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Thailand remained at 25. Nine had been discharged from hospitals. The virus has killed so far at least 638 people and over 31,000 others were confirmed infected, mostly in China. EPA-EFE/RUNGROJ YONGRIT

Coronavirus: Thais encouraged to make their own masks and sanitisers due to shortage

Passengers wearing protective masks on a commuter ferry in Bangkok. Photo: AFP

epa08189690 Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul speaks to the media during a press confernece regarding the novel coronavirus at the Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, 03 February 2020. Thailand has reported at least 19 cases of the novel coronavirus since is outbreak in China. The virus has killed at least 361 people and infected 17,000 more. EPA-EFE/NARONG SANGNAK

Coronavirus: Thai health minister says ‘Western’ tourists not wearing masks should be kicked out

A mascot stands wearing a face mask during a campaign in Bangkok. Photo: AP

Coronavirus: Thailand has apparent treatment success with antiviral drug cocktail

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

This handout photo from Thailand's Public Health Ministry taken and released on February 2, 2020 shows Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul (L) viewing display of protective clothings in Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute in Nonthaburi outside Bangkok where patients infected with SARS-like virus are confined. - Patients infected with the deadly virus are confined in isolation rooms of Bamrasnaradura Infectious Disease Institute. Thailand now has detected 19 cases of the virus that has killed more than 300 people in China and spread around the world since emerging in a market in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. (Photo by Handout / Thailand Public Health Ministry / AFP) / -----EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / THAILAND PUBLIC HEALTH MINISTRY" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

People wearing protective facemasks look at their phones as they stand in a city commuter train, in Bangkok, on February 1, 2020. - A Thai taxi driver has been diagnosed with the coronavirus, health officials said January 31, 2020 in the kingdom's first case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly SARS-like virus. Thailand now has detected 19 cases of the virus, the most declared outside of China. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)

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Three Thais, including one returnee from Wuhan, and four Chinese nationals have tested positive in the new cases, Thailand’s health ministry says
Meanwhile, a 67-year-old Chinese tourist is the 16th patient that has tested positive for the virus in Malaysia



Four Chinese nationals and three Thais have been hospitalised after testing positive for the coronavirus, the Thai health ministry says.
