BANGKOK, 2 February 2011 (NNT) – The number of patients infected with influenza A (H1N1) has risen to 470 people, with two fatalities, in January 2011 alone, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC), the Ministry of Public Health. DDC Director-General MD Manit Teeratantikanont stated that although the H1N1 spread situation in the country […]
The Public Health Ministry confirmed yesterday that at least two people had died in the cold weather – one in Loei and the other in Chiang Rai. “Victims in this category are people who died because they lacked warm clothes and lived in areas declared as being hit by a cold spell,” Public Health Minister […]
BANGKOK, Dec 12 — Health officials throughout Thailand have been alerted to the possibility of a renewed outbreak of H5N1 virus as temperatures in the country continue dropping during the ongoing winter season, said Dr Paichit Varachit, Permanent Secretary for Public Health. Cold weather is now affecting a number of areas in Thailand, allowing the […]
MAHASARAKAM, 8 December 2010 (NNT) – The Meteorological Department has warned the denizens of the upper North to brace for chilly weather, as the temperature is expected to drop another 4-6 degree Celsius; while many in I-Sarn (Isan) are already donning winter clothing to keep themselves warm. The coldest weather in 30 years in Mahasarakam […]
CHIANG MAI, Oct 6 – Over 400 new patients in the northern region of Thailand have been diagnosed as infected with Influenza Type A(H1N1) in only the month of September, the Office of Disease Prevention and Control 10 in Chiang Mai reported on Wednesday. Following the ongoing spread of the A(H1N1) virus in the eight […]
RANONG, 1 October 2010 (NNT) – Ranong’s Public Health office is concerned over the outbreak of H1N1 from Ranong students returning back from Bangkok during the school holidays. MD Thongchai Keeratihattayakong, Ranong Public Health doctor, has expressed his concern today over the possible outbreak of H1N1 in the province from students returning back from the […]
MAE HONG SON, Oct 1 – Over 100 refugees with symptoms of common flu — influenza — are receiving inpatient medical treatment in the nursing sections of two refugee camps in the northern province of Mae Hong Son. The camps comprise refugees who fled Myanmar when the Karen military headquarters at Manerplaw was overrun by […]
Experts are warning the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza could re-emerge in Thailand even though there has been little sign of it for years, the Bangkok Post reported. Migratory birds could possibly transmit avian influenza from animal to human without stringent disease surveillance, according to Pilaipan Puthavathana, a virologist at Siriraj Hospital’s department of […]
