Bangkok – Thailand issued a warning Monday about a new outbreak of H1N1, or swine flu, in the country after confirming three deaths and 338 new cases due to the virus last week. Health Minister Jurin Laksanavisit confirmed cases of H1N1 had reached 11,154 this year. Altogether 66 people have died of the virus since […]
BANGKOK, 20 September 2010 (NNT) — The Ministry of Public Health stressed concerns over the third phase of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection in Thailand as three people were reported dead last week. According to Minister of Public Health Jurin Laksanawisit, the H1N1 flu outbreaks have been continually reported since the beginning of 2010, in […]
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry has warned of a widespread return of the 2009 flu virus after reports that two people in Lop Buri and Nonthaburi provinces died from the infection of the type-A (H1N1) virus last week, raising the death toll for this year to 57. About 260 people have been hit with the flu-like […]
BANGKOK, 29 August 2010 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has asked people to take extra precautions against flood-related diseases during the rainy season, and to keep themselves warm to prevent seasonal flu infection. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit stated after the opening ceremony of a new building at Yasothon hospital that it is […]
Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on Tuesday described 10 more citizenry passed away last week of the A or H1N1 virus, adding the country’s bell from the swine influenza virus to 245. Bangkok Post’s site reported that the ministry’s agency from Epidemiology of the Disease Control Department stated the overall dying toll was chronic for the […]
BANGKOK, Jan 25 (TNA) – Thailand’s Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) on Monday ordered the temporary closure of schools where students reportedly contracted Influenza A(H1N1), and placed some 300 high-risk students across the country under close watch. Special Affairs Bureau director Satchathorn Wattanamongkol of the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Education said […]
As some 30 doctors nationwide were infected by Type A H1N1 influenza, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit prepared to get the flu vaccine on Monday, as to encourage more at-risk people to get vaccinated. Following the estimation of 30 doctors infected with the virus, Jurin told a press conference Thursday that he had instructed hospitals […]
But many in high-risk groups still confused Thailand has begun free vaccinations against type-A (H1N1) flu but many people classified as being at risk remain confused about the programme. Health volunteer Aree Wattanawaranon, 62, who was among the first 50 patients listed for vaccination at Phra Nangklao Hospital in Nonthaburi yesterday, said she had learned […]
