Four more suspected coronavirus victims in Myanmar test negative

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Three Chinese nationals and one Myanmar citizen suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus tested negative for the deadly disease that has already killed 566 people in the month since it began in neighbouring China.

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"The Ministry of Health and Sports said Thailand’s National Institutes of Health (NIH) found no sign of the flu-like virus in nasopharyngeal swabs taken from the four patients. "We are still monitoring them,” said Dr Khin Khin Gyi, deputy director of Contagious Disease Prevention and Eradication for the Department of Public Health. “We are giving them proper treatment and they are attended by well-trained medical staff. They are all in good health.” The four patients include a one-year-old girl from Sichuan province being treated at Kyaingtong Hospital in Shan State, a 15-year-old Taiwanese boy being treated at Waibargi Hospital in Yangon, a two-year-old Myanmar girl being treated at Loikaw Hospital in Kayah State, and a 29-year-old Chinese man from Guangzhou being treated at Nay Pyi Taw Hospital.Earlier on Monday, a Chinese man suspected of suffering from new coronavirus was discharged from a Yangon hospital after tests showed he did not have the disease. The man was taken to Waibargi Hospital with a fever on Friday after arriving at Yangon International Airport on a China Southern Airlines flight from Guangzhou. The ministry said it is monitoring six people across the country who have exhibited signs of coronavirus, including a 38-year-old man in Minbya township in Rakhine State, and a 45-year-old man in Namtu township in Shan. The ministry has sent nasopharyngeal swabs of the six to the NIH for diagnosis, and vowed to provide daily updates on the disease, which has afflicted nearly 30,000 people in China and elsewhere..."

Creator/author: 

Aung Phay Kyi Soe

Source/publisher: 

"Myanmar Times" (Myanmar)

Date of Publication: 

2020-02-06

Date of entry: 

2020-02-07

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar, China

Language: 

English

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text

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    • Good