WHO alarmed over suspected coronavirus case in Thailand

A monitor connected to a body temperature scanner shows flight passengers arriving at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand. A traveller from the central Chinese city of Wuhan was hospitalized in Thailand last Wednesday, the WHO said in a statement in Geneva, adding that the patient is recovering. - Reuters

BANGKOK: The World Health Organisation (WHO) will consult with its health emergency experts after reports that Thailand has experienced its first case of the new coronavirus outbreak in China, the UN health agency said on Tuesday (Jan 14).

A traveller from the central Chinese city of Wuhan was hospitalized in Thailand last Wednesday, the WHO said in a statement in Geneva, adding that the patient is recovering.