Thailand Football Coach ‘To Come Out Last’ As Mission To Rescue Final Five Begins metro.co.uk

The eight boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand are in ‘high spirits’, a senior health official said, as rescuers began the operation to rescue the five remaining deep in the cave. Two of the eight boys now being monitored in hospital may have contracted a lung infection after spending more than two weeks in the flooded cave in Chiang Rai, medics said. Jesada Chokdumrongsuk, deputy director-general of the Public Health Ministry, said the first four boys rescued, aged 12 to 16, are now able to eat normal food and have been ‘feasting on bread and chocolate’ officials said.

All eight of the boys are generally ‘healthy and smiling’, he said. ‘The kids are footballers so they have high immune systems,’ Mr Jesada said. ‘Everyone is in high spirits and are happy to get out. But we will have a psychiatrist to evaluate them.’ It could be at least seven days before they can be released from hospital, he told told a news conference.