Thanks to @MattFrieman for catching this report from the Information Office of the Permanent Secretary. Excerpt from the Google translation, lightly edited because Google has problems with Thai:
Ministry of Public Health Screening for travelers from Wuhan City People's Republic of China Patients found confirmed coronary pneumonia from the second strain of 2019, currently under the care of doctors at Bamrasnaradura Institute. Waiting for the results of repeated laboratory tests. There has been no outbreak of a new strain of the corona virus in Thailand.
Today (17 January 2020) at the Department of Disease Control Ministry of Public Health Nonthaburi Province Dr. Sukhum Kanchanapimai, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Public Health, together with Dr. Suwanchai Wattana Yingcharoenchai Director-General of the Department of Disease Control Announcing the situation of people with pneumonia from Wuhan, China, said the Ministry of Public Health. The Department of Disease Control has screened travelers at the airport on January 13, 2020. There is 1 additional confirmed case of coronavirus pneumonia in a Chinese female tourist, 74 years old. At Bamrasnaradu Institute Under medical supervision Clinical symptoms improve Which if the result from the laboratory does not detect the virus The doctor will allow her to go home. Is the second in Thailand. The two parties are not related
Dr. Sukhum continued that Ministry of Public Health Have carried out surveillance and control of diseases according to the standard system used for emerging communicable diseases By screening passengers flying directly from Wuhan, China, at 4 airports including Suvarnabhumi, Don Mueang, Chiang Mai and Phuket from 3 - 16 January 2020, a total of 86 flights, 13,624 passengers and crew have been screened. Found Most of the 21 patients who were eligible for the investigation were infected with the influenza virus. 12 patients were treated and returned home. Two new strains of patients suffering from pneumonia from the corona virus are still in treatment room for negative pressure disease. Bamrasnaradura Institute
With the first confirmed patient Symptoms improved a lot and no fever Waiting for double confirmation that no virus can be transmitted. The doctor will then allow her to go home. As well as the second patient who is currently undergoing treatment and following up until symptoms disappear. And re-inspected that no virus was found and then able to return home. The first patients were 16 patients and the second patients were 20 persons. No close contacts were found with new strains of the corona virus. People do not have to panic in Thailand, no pandemic at all.
