BANGKOK — If you’re reading this between tissues and sneezes, you’re not alone. Thailand’s in the grips of a particularly virulent influenza season that has already afflicted nearly 5,000 people and forced some schools to close, an official from the Disease Control Department said Wednesday. As of Wednesday morning, 4,800 people were reported sick to […]
BANGKOK, 14 December 2015 (NNT) – Public Health Minister Piyasakol Sakolsattayatorn said the World Health Organization (WHO)’s report in November 2015 indicated that the number of patients with influenza in most Asia countries is likely to decrease. However, in some countries the number of patients with Type A influenza is likely to increase, including Qatar, […]
BANGKOK, 17 September 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has warned the public to guard themselves against dengue fever, influenza and the hand, foot and mouth disease as they are particularly widespread in the rainy season. According to Director-General of the Disease Control Department Dr. Sopon Mekton, dengue fever has sickened more […]
BANGKOK, 22 July 2015 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed lab tests that found the flu patient returning from South Korean negative for MERS-CoV, two weeks after the ministry declared Thailand free of of the virus. The latest MERS-CoV suspect is a Thai worker traveling from South Korea. Read more: NNT
BANGKOK, Sept 12 – Thai physicians said today that a Netherlands national who was under examination to determine whether or not he was infected with the deadly Ebola virus, is now in the clear, as tests showed he only has the flu. The 52-year old Dutch businessman had returned from a business trip in Nigeria […]
FIFTY PEOPLE have been killed by seasonal influenza, which has hit more than 30,000 people this year, prompting the Public Health Ministry to be on alert. Public Health permanent secretary Narong Sahametapat said he had instructed all public and private hospitals to be on alert for possible cases of infection with the H1N1 virus, a […]
BANGKOK, 19 December 2013 (NNT) – The Public Health Ministry is warning Thais nationwide against 6 winter diseases, while urging people living in low temperature areas to keep themselves warm at all times. Dr. Narong Sahametapat, Permanent Secretary to Public Health Ministry, has revealed that people have greater chance of catching a disease in cold […]
BANGKOK, 15 February 2013 (NNT) – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry is currently keeping a close watch on Coronavirus, the type of acute respiratory disease in Thailand; after the World Health Organization issued a warning that 11 people have reportedly come down with the disease overseas. Public Health Minister Dr. Pradit Sinthawanarong said no similar case […]
