Via the Bangkok Post: 11 zika cases confirmed in Phichit, 27 under watch. Excerpt:
Eleven people in Bung Na Rang district of Phichit province are confirmed to be infected with the zika virus while 27 others are being monitored for confirmation, provincial governor Wirasak Wichitsaengsi said on Tuesday morning.
Laboratory test results that became available on July 1 had confirmed the 11 infections.
Mr Wirasak said 27 other people believed infected with the mosquito-borne virus were also being tested.
No names were released or further information about the infections, other than all the patients were being treated in hospital.
The detected infections prompted the local health office to send a mosquito eradication team to spray 667 houses in the affected areas, he said.
The governor rejected rumours that a paramedic in Phichit had recently died of zika. An investigation was underway to determine the exact cause of death.
There was no reason to panic, Phichit was not the only province where zika cases were reported, he said. Chaiyaphum, Ubon Ratchathani and Nong Khai had previously reported a number of cases.
Last September, the Public Health Ministry confirmed that two children born in Thailand with abnormally small heads were infected with the zika virus.
The ministry said these were the first recorded cases of babies being infected by the virus in Thailand and diagnosed with zika-linked microcephaly.
