World’s longest reigning monarch & Thailand King recovers from respiratory infection

Thailand's 88-year-old King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, is recovering after a respiratory infection, the palace has disclosed in a statement today.

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.

The king was last seen in public on January 11.