Thailand coronavirus cases hit 19 with local transmission confirmed

A pharmacy in a shopping mall in Bangkok on Friday (Jan 31) informing the public that face masks in the shop has been sold out. Many other pharmacies and other shops are also putting up similar signboard as they are facing poor supply despite soaring demands due to the coronavirus outbreak in the city. - Reuters

BANGKOK: Four Chinese travellers from Hubei and one Thai citizen, a taxi driver, have been found to be infected with the novel coronavirus, Permanent Health Secretary Sukhum Karnchanapimai said in a briefing in Bangkok. That takes the cases in Thailand to 19 from 14.

The taxi driver is an instance of local person-to-person transmission as he has never travelled to China.