BANGKOK (AFP): A man found dead on a passenger train in Thailand has tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said on Wednesday (April 1), as the country's death toll from the contagion more than triples from a week ago.
The 57-year-old, who had just returned from Pakistan and was travelling from Bangkok to the southern province of Narathiwat, was seen "coughing and vomiting" before boarding the train on Monday, State Railway of Thailand said.
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