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Even after their discovery, young footballers trapped in a cave in Thailand for more than a week must continue to wait for the rescue. "We have to be 100 percent sure that they can go out safely," Chiang Rai governor Narongsak Osotthanakorn said on Tuesday morning.

There was no time limit until the twelve boys at the age of eleven until age 16 and his trainer would be out of the cave, said the governor. In the meantime, they must receive food for four months and take dive training, the Thai army said Tuesday.

In any case, teenagers are doing relatively well, Osotthanakorn badured. "None of the guys are in danger of death, most of them have minor health problems." A doctor had been sent to the boys to examine them. They received drugs and energy drinks. In any case, the discovery of the team is a great success. "We reached a historic tipping point, and we did something that we thought was an impossible mission," he said.

Thai authorities said Monday night that teenagers and their coach were behaving well. had been. The plan was to pump the water from the cave and then get it. For days, a flood in the corridors had prevented the rescuers from moving forward. After Monday's rain, the water level had even increased recently.

A video of the forces had shown the kids inside the cave at night with the help of flashlights – exhausted, but delighted. The divers had entered the cave for more than three kilometers.

The twelve boys and their football coach entered the Thang Luang-Khun Nam Nang cave in Chiang Rai Province on June 23 after a training session. Apparently, the group had been hit by a sudden flood and had been saved ever deeper into the cave before the rising waters. The details on the course were still not clear. The relatives of the missing had spent days in front of the cave.

At the weekend, the rescue teams reported the first small successes. They therefore managed to advance further into the cave about ten kilometers long and to advance in a bend, where the path of the cave divides in two directions.

(APA / AFP / dpa)