Flu laid soldiers low, governor says
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Uttaradit Governor Yothin Samutkhiri said yesterday that initial reports suggest the mysterious disease that broke out among conscripts at the 7th Cavalry Battalion was an unidentified strain of flu. It was under control and wouldn't spread outside the ba
The outbreak infected seven privates, one of whom lost a lung to a bacterial infection. Some 140 soldiers were now quarantined at Khai Pichai Darphak Hospital, under the supervision of Phra Mongkut Hospital medical staff.
