News Forum - Thai health ministry sets up monkeypox monitoring centre

[Thaiger]

Thailand is creating a new emergency centre to monitor the spread of monkeypox, which has now been detected in at least 12 countries. The Bangkok Post reports that Opas Karnkawinpong from the Department of Disease Control says Thai health officials are closely monitoring the outbreak, even if the virus has not yet been reported here. According to Opas, following the recent easing of travel restrictions, Thailand now needs to be on alert, particularly when it comes to visitors from areas in Africa where monkeypox is endemic. To date, the virus has been reported in the US, Australia, and Canada, as […]

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[Cabra]

Phaaw laaeo in any given year there is an average of a 1000 cases. But now they need a monitoring centre