Bhumibol Adulyadej Hospital confirmed Tuesday it had recently treated a patient infected with the Zika virus while the Public Health Ministry assured the public the Zika virus is nothing new as a few non-severe cases have been reported in Thailand every year since 2012.
The new Zika virus-infected patient was a man in his 20s admitted to the hospital on Jan 24 with fever, a rash, conjunctivitis (red eyes) and joint and muscular pain, said AVM Santi Srisermphok, director of the hospital.