The 2009 flu pandemic in Thailand, part of an epidemic

Epidemic

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 in 2009 of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 causing what has been commonly called swine flu, made its first confirmed appearance in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

 on May 13, 2009, when Thailand confirmed two cases of swine flu. Both of the individuals confirmed as having swine flu had recently traveled to Mexico

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. The Thai Public Health Ministry

Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)

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announced on July 16 that it had ended daily updates on the type A(H1N1) influenza pandemic, saying it wanted to avoid public confusion and would give weekly updates. There were 4,469 confirmed cases in Thailand and 44 confirmed deaths as of July 22, 2009.