The Thai authorities made the decision on the 24-hour quarantine after the death in Bangkok of Italian doctor Carlo Urbani, who was the first to diagnose atypical pneumonia. Let us recall that 47-year-old epidemiologist Carlo Urbani, an activist of the Doctors Without Borders movement, was trying to develop a vaccine against the new disease and became the first medical worker to die from atypical pneumonia.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), two people have died from atypical pneumonia in Thailand, although the Thai authorities say only one death in the country, reports RIA "Novosti". Thailand's Ministry of Health called on all its citizens to temporarily refrain from traveling to epidemic centers of atypical pneumonia, and in the case of forced trips, upon returning to the country, voluntarily undergo quarantine in their homes for a period of two weeks.