BANGKOK – Thailand’s 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest reigning monarch, is recovering after a respiratory infection, the palace said in a statement Sunday.
The king has no fever and a blood test showed a decrease in inflammation, it said, adding that an x-ray of his lungs showed no sign of inflammation.
It is the fourth health statement in over a week and follows a bulletin on Wednesday which said that the king had shown further improvement following a severe infection.
Doctors have stopped administering antibiotics to the king and will closely monitor his kidneys, the palace statement added. The king has been treated for various ailments during a year-long hospitalization in the Thai capital.
King Bhumibol is deeply revered in Thailand where he is accorded semi-divine status. Many Thais see him as a pillar of stability in a country subject to bouts of political instability and which has been ruled by a military junta since 2014.
The king was last seen in public on January 11.
Reuters, AFP, The Nation/ANN
