Bangkok  - Lab tests conducted on a 42-year-old Thai woman who was quarantined after showing swine-flu-like symptoms have shown her free of the virus, hospital officials said Wednesday.

The woman, who had attended a seminar in Mexico from April 3 to 11, was admitted to hospital and put under quarantine Tuesday with a light fever, was found to be suffering from ordinary human flu, Chulalongkorn Hospital virus expert Dr Yong Phoosuwan told a press conference.

Like other Asian countries, Thailand has been swift to respond to the swine flu scare.

Bangkok - A 42-year-old Thai civil servant who attended a seminar in Mexico earlier this month has been admitted to hospital and kept under quarantine over a possible swine flu infection, hospital sources said Tuesday. Chulalongkorn Hospital deputy-director Dr Thirapong Charoenwhit said the woman patient was suffering a light fever and has been sick since April 23.

The woman, whose name was not disclosed to the press, had attended a seminar in Mexico from April 3 to 11.

London, Apr 28 : A Buddhist leader in Thailand is planning to launch a ‘good manners’ guide to curb the flamboyant behaviour of homosexual and transgender monks.

Upset by the reports, that monks often wear revealing robes, carry pink purses and sport effeminately shaped eyebrows, Phra Maha Wudhijaya Vajiramedhi, a senior monk, is planning to issue the new guidelines to discourage the ostentatious behaviour.

Bangkok  - The Thai government on Monday installed thermal scanners at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport as a preventive measure against the spread of swine flu to the kingdom.

The infra-red cameras, used to detect unusual body heat, were one of several measures agreed to by health authorities as a means of preventing the spread of swine flu in the South-East Asian country, where the tourism industry was hard hit by the outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 and bird flu in 2004-05.

Bangkok  - Disturbed by reports that Thai monks have taken to wearing make-up, carrying pinks purses and other forms of public "homosexual expression," a leading preacher plans to launch a "good manners" course for novices, news reports said Monday.

Senior monk Maha Wudhijaya Vajiramedhi is to introduce Thailand's first etiquette course at the Novice Demonstration School in Chiang Rai province, 600 kilometres north of Bangkok, next month, The Nation newspaper reported.