Thermal camara at BKK Airport looking for people with a high temperature.Thailand as been hit by an out break of the swine flu virus. within one week the numbers suffering have gone from a couple up to over 400.
The largest outbreak is in Bangkok and mostly amongst school children, there are only 12 people hospitalised, but the authorities are worried about the quick numbers involved.
Pattaya as had several dozen infections and the Pattaya One news channel had this report the other night.
"Swine flu outbreak turns Pattaya into ghost town
Following the disheartening news that 24 people living and working in Pattaya have succumbed to the popularly-known swine flu virus, our journalists took to the darkened streets on Friday night to see how the nightlife of the city was bearing up. It wasn’t. Friday night is usually a pretty busy time for most night entertainment venues but places like X-Zyte Disco on Third Road and the smaller karaoke joints, also along Third Road, were devoid of custom. Some hotels reported they had very few rooms occupied with revelers and traffic on the streets in and around the city was light. While it is low season at this time of year anyway it does appear as though many people are staying away from the streets of Pattaya."
Following the disheartening news that 24 people living and working in Pattaya have succumbed to the popularly-known swine flu virus, our journalists took to the darkened streets on Friday night to see how the nightlife of the city was bearing up. It wasn’t. Friday night is usually a pretty busy time for most night entertainment venues but places like X-Zyte Disco on Third Road and the smaller karaoke joints, also along Third Road, were devoid of custom. Some hotels reported they had very few rooms occupied with revelers and traffic on the streets in and around the city was light. While it is low season at this time of year anyway it does appear as though many people are staying away from the streets of Pattaya."
This is yet another bad news day for Thailand.
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