On 13 January 2020, the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand reported to the WHO the first imported case of lab-confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) from Wuhan, Hubei Province. [1]
“The case is a 61-year-old Chinese woman living in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. On 5 January 2020, she developed fever with chills, sore throat and headache. On 8 January 2020, she took a direct flight to Thailand from Wuhan City… [She] was detected on the same day by thermal surveillance at Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK), Thailand, and was hospitalized the same day.”
“She reported a history of visiting a local fresh market in Wuhan on regular basis prior to the onset of illness on 5 January 2020; however, she did not report visiting the Huanan South China Seafood Market from where most of the cases were detected.
On January 15, 2020, Japan reports the next imported case of lab-confirmed 2019-nCoV from Wuhan.