Thailand now monitoring all arrivals from Africa to prevent spread of Ebola

Immigration control, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok
Queue at immigration control, Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok. Photo: Paul Sullivan / flickr.

The Thai Ministry of Public Health has stepped up its monitoring of arrivals from African countries, especially Uganda, following an outbreak of Ebola in that [Read More…]

Ebola Alert Heightened since September

Hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, West Africa, where the Ebola virus samples are tested
Hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone, West Africa, where the Ebola virus samples are tested to see if someone has the virus or not. Photo: Leasmhar. CC BY-SA 3.0.

BANGKOK, Oct 25 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry has heightened its alert for Ebola at the international communicable disease control checkpoints since September due [Read More…]

Rangsit municipality on evacuation alert as canal overflows cause heavy flooding

Khlong Nung in Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani
Khlong Nung in Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani. Photo: Seksan Phonsuwan.

Rangsit municipal administration, in Bangkok’s neighbouring province of Pathum Thani, has set up five temporary shelters in five schools and three car parks after heavy [Read More…]

Thai government on high monkeypox alert

PM Prayut Chan-o-cha during a cabinet meeting at the Government House
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha during a cabinet meeting at the Government House. Photo: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา Prayut Chan-o-cha / Facebook.

Thailand is considering raising further its health alert for monkeypox by listing it as a so-called “serious communicable disease”, after the viral disease was classified [Read More…]

COVID Alert at Level 4 as New Cases Soar

Acrylic shields installed to prevent the spreading of coronavirus and to keep social distance between nurses and patients at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital, a public hospital in Thailand
Acrylic shields installed to prevent the spreading of coronavirus and to keep social distance between nurses and patients at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration General Hospital, a public hospital in Thailand. Photo: © ILO/Alin Sirisaksopit / flickr. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.

BANGKOK, Feb 22 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry announced its COVID-19 alert at Level 4 as new COVID-19 cases were soaring among people of [Read More…]