The Thai <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Public_Health_(Thailand)" id="mwAWs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ministry of Public Health (Thailand)">Ministry of Public Health</a> confirms the first case of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19" id="mwAWw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> outside China.<sup about="#mwt79" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_13#cite_note-14" id="mwAW0" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAW4">[14]</span></a></sup>
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