Tag: Virus
Dengue infections highest in five years: Department of Disease Control
The Bureau of Epidemiology (BOE), at Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC), reports that, as of July 9th 2019, there have been 44,671 cases of [Read More…]
Boy, 12, succumbs to dengue in Chiang Mai
Dengue fever has claimed its first victim in Chiang Mai this year, a 12-year-old fifth grader. Sutheerat Mahasing, an academic at the Chiang Mai Public [Read More…]
Dengue fever epidemic declared
The Department of Disease Control on Friday announced a dengue haemorrhagic fever epidemic this year as there have been 28,785 patients, 43 of whom died. [Read More…]
Six dead as Nipah virus spreads in Kozhikode, India
In what is being termed as a serious viral outbreak, three members of a Kerala family have succumbed to a rare viral infection known to [Read More…]
Dengue fever death toll climbing this year
BANGKOK, 13 June 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has revealed that more than 18,000 people have come down with dengue fever since [Read More…]
Thailand aims to rid country of malaria by 2024
BANGKOK, 25 April 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health is accelerating its malaria eradication campaign under the government’s Pracharat Model. Public Health Minister [Read More…]
Dengue vaccination scheme assessed amid big outbreak
Thailand not rushing to immunisation as vaccine ‘is seen to have limits’. ALTHOUGH Thailand continues to hesitate about bringing in the first dengue vaccine and [Read More…]
Dengue fever remains a concern this year
Dengue fever remains a concern in Thailand as cases recorded during the past two months of this year has doubled cases in the same period [Read More…]