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Alert for ill travellers coming from Central, South America
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/07/2024
» People arriving from Central or South America are advised to see a doctor if they have high fever, aches and chills after reports of the world’s first fatalities from oropouche fever, which is endemic to the region.
Alert sounds over rise in malaria cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/04/2024
» Tak province has become a hotspot for malaria infections, and serious action is being taken to prevent further outbreaks, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
PM2.5 woe for asthma sufferers
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/03/2023
» PM2.5 dust pollution can worsen the severity of symptoms suffered by people with asthma, doctors have warned.
Malaria makes a comeback
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/10/2022
» The government's commitment to eradicating malaria by 2024 is facing a tough challenge. The infection rate this year is 2.5 times higher than last year, with 8,229 cases and counting.
Volunteers readied to prevent Tak outbreak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/09/2020
» Authorities have been aggressively working to track and trace individuals who are at high-risk of Covid-19 infection since the pandemic began. These jobs are mainly carried out by over 1.2 million public health volunteers across the country, including in the border province of Tak.
Crushing plants that cause forest fires will lose licences
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/02/2020
» The Royal Forest Department plans to revoke the land use licences of stone-crushing plants that have caused forest fires.
Medical dept, SCG launch anti-mosquito 'Nano Shoes'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 02/07/2019
» SCG Chemicals and the Department of Medical Science on Monday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to launch an innovation designed to kill mosquito colonies, dubbed "Nano Shoes", or "anti-mosquito Mosquito Shoes" across several communities in Chanthaburi province and Rayong's Map Ta Phut district.
Health Dept takes aim at dengue sources
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/06/2019
» Owners of properties who fail to get rid of mosquito larvae might face jail terms of up to three years and/or have to pay a fine of up to 25,000 baht, according to Dr Sukhum Kanchanapimai, permanent secretary of the Ministry of Public Health.
Dengue fever epidemic declared
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 14/06/2019
» 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.
Medical team sent to probe Chikungunya outbreak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/06/2019
» The Department of Disease Control has sent a medical team to Suan Phung district in Ratchaburi province after reports emerged of 14 Singaporeans infected by mosquito-borne Chikungunya disease.