BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand on Friday reported its first coronavirus death in more than 100 days, a health official said, after an infected Thai citizen had returned from abroad earlier this month.
The 54-year old man, who was an interpreter based in Saudi Arabia working for the Thai labour ministry, had been treated in a Bangkok hospital for two weeks and died on Friday, Somsak Akksilp, head of the Department Medical Services, told Reuters.
Officials will hold a briefing on the case at 0730 GMT.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by Ed Davies)
