The first person to be infected with the coronavirus in Thailand has given the thumbs up after she recovered from the deadly new virus.
Jaimuay Sae-ing, 73, was interviewed on the Palang Pracharat Facebook page yesterday.
Sanook reported that Jaimuay fully recovered after spending nine days under the care of a large team of specially chosen doctors and nurses at Nakhon Pathom hospital, a city around 50 kilometers west of Bangkok.
Jaimuay had been with younger relatives on vacation to the Chinese city of Wuhan, now under lockdown after it was understood to be the epicenter of the outbreak.
She was in China from Christmas day until coming back to Thailand on January 3rd.
She soon started to feel weak with aches and pains and was admitted to a local hospital and soon confirmed as having contracted the new virus.
She said in her interview that she was cursing her luck at first especially as she was the first case but now she is fine.
Pointedly she was quoted as saying: “Don’t be worried about coronavirus. I was the first and I recovered and importantly I was treated by up country doctors”.
Doctors told the press she was in the hospital during the 14 day incubation period and had already been suffering from the virus for 12 days on admission.
It was felt that the expertise of the staff at the Nakhon Pathom hospital was sufficient meaning the patient did not need to be transferred to a bigger facility.
Her relatives were kept well away from their mother and grandmother and could only connect with her via intercom and video link.
She has now fully recovered after nine days of treatment.
Source: Sanook and Thaivisa
