4 more soccer team members extracted from Thai cave complex

Four more members of the Wild Boars football team have been rescued from the Tham Luang cave complex in Thailand bringing the number of those extracted from the cave to eight.

The boys are being kept apart from their family for the time being over infection concerns, the chief of mission told a press briefing.

Chief of mission Narongsak Osottanakorn added that doctors would decide on family visits “at a distance or through glass”.

The Chiang Rai governor said rain overnight had not changed water levels in the cave where the boys are trapped.

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The boys rescued from the cave on Sunday are strong and safe but need more medical checks, Thailand’s interior minister said on Monday morning.

Doctor Andrea Danese, a Psychiatry lecturer at King’s College in London, told Al Jazeera that he expects most of the children to present emotional symptoms.

“Several of them may be agitated, they may be irritable. They may be also acting out in terms of trying to deal with their emotions,” he said.

Rescuers have also been working to replenish air supplies inside the cave as they are poised to continue operation to extract the remaining members of the football team out of the cave complex.

 

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