Government Urged to Increase Monitoring of Bird Flu Virus

A white Thai Game chicken in Tak Province, Thailand
A white Thai Game chicken, a breed of hard feather fighting chicken, in Tak Province, Thailand. Photo: PumpkinSky.

BANGKOK (NNT) – An 11-year-old girl has died of bird flu in eastern Cambodia, prompting a call for increased disease monitoring by government health agencies. [Read More…]

Thai virologist says Covid from the West is more dangerous than from China

Prof. Yong Poovorawan
Prof. Yong Poovorawan, professor of pediatrics at the Faculty of Medicine of Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Photo: Kkamols.

An influential Thai virologist said new Covid-19 strains from tourists traveling from the West are more worrisome than older strains from tourists traveling from China. [Read More…]

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…]

Thailand reports its 12th monkeypox case, an Omani in Phuket

Aerial view while Landing at Phuket Airport
Aerial view while Landing at Phuket Airport. Photo: Alexander Beltyukov / airliners.net. CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Disease Control Department has identified Thailand’s 12th monkeypox case, in an Omani male tourist in Phuket, Dr.Tares Krassanairawiwong, the department’s director-general, disclosed today (Monday). [Read More…]