Tutorial schools and net cafes to close for 2 weeks
By The Nation
The cabinet on Thursday agreed to order closing of all tutorial schools and asked net cafes to close for two weeks as a measure to prevent spreading of the influenza 2009. The venues, usually crowded with young people, would start closing on July 13 until 28.
Most of the flu patients in Thailand were students.
The cabinet agreed to the Public Health Ministry's proposal for the venues to close temporarily to prevent the spread of the flu.
The agreement came as the death of the flu victim in Thailand hit 12 on Thursday.
Two more deaths were reported pending confirmation from the ministry.
A traffic police died on Thursday from the new strain of influenza, bring the death toll in Thailand to 12.
The police whose name was not revealed was traffic police of Bang Na police station.
He succumbed to the flu on Thursday after being admitted to Police Hospital. He had also suffered from complication of kidney failure.
Thai Public Health Ministry on Thursday reported 211 new cases of the flu, bringing number of the cases in the country to 2,725.
H1N1 flu fatalities
1.
June 20: A 40-year-old woman, with congenital heart disease that was surgically treated at age 12, developed flu-like symptoms on June 8 and was admitted to hospital on June 14.
2.
June 25: A 15-year-old girl suffering from diabetes, diabetes insipidus as well as low white-blood cell count showed flu-like symptoms on June 23 and died two days later due to complications.
3.
June 27: A 42-year-old man with no chronic diseases began showing symptoms on June 18 after returning from overseas travel and visiting a pub in Bangkok. He was admitted into hospital on June 23.
4.
June 29: A 21-year-old newly recruited Army conscript showed symptoms on June 15, admitted to hospital on June 19 and died of heart failure caused lung complications.
5.
July 1: A 45-year-old man, known to be a heavy drinker, started showing symptoms on June 23 and was admitted to hospital on June 26. Died of lung complications and low blood pressure.
6.
July 1: A 30-year-old overweight man, weighing 123 kilograms against a height of 165 centimetres, developed symptoms on June 23 and sought hospital treatment on June 28, though he continued going to work despite doctors' advice. He was admitted to hospital on June 30 with high fever, breathing difficulties and cough, and died of lung complications the next day.
7.
July 2: An eight-year-old girl, suffering from leukaemia, admitted to hospital with flu-like symptoms but died before lab results could confirm she had been infected by the type-A (H1N1) virus.
8.
July 3: A 37-year-old woman began developing symptoms on June 25 and died in hospital two days after being admitted. This was the first fatality without prior surveillance or quarantine.
9.
July 3: A 19-year-old boy started showing symptoms on June 30, was admitted to hospital on July 2 and died the next day from pneumonia and pulmonary oedema.
10.
July 6: A 21-year-old woman, who was five months into her pregnancy and had a hyperthyroid condition, got infected on June 29, sought hospital treatment on July 4 but was sent home after being told she had a simple sore throat. She returned to hospital on July 6 and died a few hours later.
11.
July 7: A 58-year-old man, with chronic kidney disease, sought hospital treatment a few days earlier, but died of lung complications.
12.
July 8: A traffic police of Bang Na police station was infected by the flu and was admitted to Police Hospital. He had complication of kidney failure.
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