First Human to Human transmission of H1N1 reported in Thailand
Thailand Public Health ministry has confirmed the first human to human case of the influenza – AH1N1. This included, the total number of confirmed infections has risen to eight.
This case of a mother and her child is the first infection of the H1N1 virus from human to human. The 19 year old man has contracted the disease from his mother who had retuned from USA on May 25th. The man did not accompany his mother to USA but got infected due to close contact with her after her return from USA. The 50 year old woman has fully recovered after receiving treatment from the hospital.
Another victim identified yesterday was a 20 year old woman who had also just returned from USA.
All of them have been treated with anti-viral drug oseltamivir for fly treatment and are under the supervision of Surveillance and rapid response team of the Thai health ministry.
The ministry has said that it has stepped up its efforts to deal with the domestic infections. The Education and Labour ministries are working together to quickly disseminate information to the general public to prevent outbreak of the virus in schools and workplaces.
Swine flu has not spread to 66 countries 19,273 people known to have infected since the disease was first detected in April of this year.