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Japan trippers warned of deadly bacteria
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 17/06/2024
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is warning Japan-bound travellers to seriously protect themselves against infection by a rare and often fatal flesh-eating bacteria now spreading there.
Flu jabs for workers in travel, tourism
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 08/01/2024
» The Public Health Ministry is gearing up to provide an additional 200,000 doses of influenza vaccine to public transport and tourism industry workers in 31 provinces.
Covid, dengue rife in 2023
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/01/2024
» Infuenza, dengue fever and Covid-19 were the most widespread infectious diseases in Thailand in 2023, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
More monkeypox cases, one death
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/10/2023
» Twenty-four more cases of monkeypox were found in Thailand last week, and one patient infected with the virus died, the acting director-general of the Disease Control Department said on Monday.
Kingdom records first death
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/08/2023
» Thailand has recorded its first fatal case of monkeypox after a Thai man who was also HIV-positive and had syphilis, died of the virus, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said yesterday.
Vaccine researchers team up with US
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/05/2023
» Thailand’s National Vaccine Institute (NVI) has joined hands with the US Vaccine Research Centre (VRC) for vaccines against tuberculosis, including Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology.
Equality at heart of health plan
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/04/2023
» The Ministry of Public Health has joined hands with the Department of Corrections and National Health Security Office to encourage safer practices among 260,000 prisoners countrywide by increasing measures to screen sexual and respiratory disease transmission, saying that the prisoners should have equal rights to medical treatment.
DDC detects three new cases of mpox infections
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/03/2023
» Three new cases of mpox have been detected in the kingdom. All three of the cases are male patients, and they are now being treated by the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute, a medical institution specialised in treating infectious diseases, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said yesterday.
36 Thai evacuees return from Turkey
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/02/2023
» Thai evacuees from the earthquake in Turkey have expressed their grateful appreciation to His Majesty the King and the government of Thailand, saying the assistance offered has been beyond their expectations.
Covid set to be seasonal, expert says
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/02/2023
» As Covid-19 looks set to become a seasonal disease like influenza, the government should provide annual vaccinations, especially for those who are living with chronic health conditions and/or the elderly, according to a prominent virologist.