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Woman with novel pneumonia virus hospitalized in Thailand — the first case outside China

Health authorities identified a pneumonia case caused by a previously unknown virus in Thailand — the first known infection outside of China.
A woman leaves the Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, where a man who died from a novel pneumonia virus was confined, in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 12.

Health authorities on Monday identified a pneumonia case caused by a previously unknown virus in Thailand — the first known infection outside of China, where the virus is thought to have begun spreading last month.

The patient is a Chinese tourist from Wuhan, the city where the outbreak is occurring, health officials said. Thai authorities identified.

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