BANGKOK, 10 January 2013 (NNT) – Diseases that have long disappeared from Thailand might revive after an outbreak of diphtheria took place in 2012 in the neighboring countries. Chairman of the Influenza Foundation (Thailand) MD Prasert Thongcharoen said he was concerned over emerging and reemerging diseases which could be found in Thailand when the country […]
BANGKOK, Dec 8 – Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra would not attend a ceremony to mark the Constitution Day on Monday due to flu but she was likely to visit southernmost provinces on Thursday, according to Secretary General to the Prime Minister Suranand Vejjajiva. Mr Suranand said that Ms Yingluck would not lead the cabinet […]
The initial probe into the deaths of several cats abandoned at a temple in Angthong province has revealed that they died of cat flu disease, a provincial livestock official said on Monday. Krissana Komonchan said the remaining cats at Wat Khao Kaew in Pho Thong district, which appeared to have symptoms, were given antibiotic injections. […]
Chiang Mai Public Health Office yesterday reported that 237 students at Wat Don Chan School in Muang district had fallen ill. About 100 of them were sick due to food poisoning, while others suffered from dengue fever, flu and other diseases. Fifty-nine of them would remain in hospitals for another one or two days, said […]
BANGKOK, 22 September 2012 (NNT) – Minister of Public Health Wittaya Buranasiri has reported that almost 2,000 people are suffering from illnesses caused by floods each day with 111 people experiencing stress. Mr Wittaya and MD Narong Sahamethaphat, the director-general of the Department of Mental Health, accompanied by senior Public Health officials, on Saturday traveled […]
BANGKOK, 3 July 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has reported over 17,000 cases of dengue fever in Thailand this year, resulting in 18 deaths from the illness. Deputy Director-General of Disease Control Department, Dr Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, said this year dengue fever affected more adults than children. In Amnaj Charoen province, a 48-year-old […]
CHIANG MAI, 30 June 2012 (NNT) – Health officials are warning Chiang Mai residents to particularly beware of the possible outbreak of influenza. Director of the Office of Diseases Prevention and Control in the province, Dr. Witaya Liewsaree said that the risk of an influenza outbreak is high in the rainy season, or during the […]
NAKHON RATCHASIMA, June 21 – The 2009 influenza H1N1 situation is now under control and no more patients have been found affected with the virus, according to Nakhon Ratchasima Rajanagarindra Psychiatric Hospital deputy director Dr Norachart Ratanachata. Forty-one people were confirmed Wednesday as being infected with 2009 influenza H1N1 in this northeastern province. Most of […]
