BANGKOK, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Thailand's Ministry of Public Health on Wednesday announced that it has discovered three new CVOID-19 confirmed cases, raising the total number of CVOID-19 cases to 40.
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said at a press briefing on Wednesday that they are not happy with a new case regarding a Thai patient, a 65-year-old male who returned from Hokkaido on Feb. 20.
Anutin blamed the patient for failing to follow the public health ministry instruction after he did not disclose his travel history when he sought medical treatment.
"This 65-year-old patient has caused trouble to himself and to others," Anutin said, noting that "about 40 medical staff at the first hospital he visited had to undergo the tests for the virus," and his grandson went to school, prompting the school to close for disinfection and to prevent the spread of the disease.
"He (65 year-old patient) could have spread to hundreds of people without noticing," said Anutin.
The other two new patients are his 64-year-old wife and his 8-year-old grandson.
The public health minister confirmed the CVOID-19 outbreak in Thailand remains in phase two where human-to-human transmissions were reported in the country has yet to reach phase three with mass infections in the country.
