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Cholera flare-up in Thailand 'under control'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 01/01/2025
» A minor cholera outbreak in Thailand has been brought under control, with only a small number of Myanmar and Thai patients diagnosed with the disease — characterised by severe diarrhoea — and cured already, public health and local security authorities said on Wednesday.
DDC warns of rise in influenza cases
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/08/2023
» The number of people infected with seasonal influenza has surpassed 970,000 so far this year, three times more than for the same period last year, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) says.
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.
DDC issues bird flu alert after death in Cambodia
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 25/02/2023
» The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has put out an alert about a bird flu outbreak after reports of a death in Cambodia.
Aerial survey spots abundant sea life in Trang
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/03/2022
» About 170 dugongs, 27 Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and 141 sea turtles have been sighted along islands in Trang during an aerial survey, says the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR).
Distribution deal signed for vaccines
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/02/2021
» The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) is teaming up with local logistics firm DKSH to deliver Covid-19 vaccines that are due to arrive next week.
Virus results of taxi drivers due this afternoon
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/01/2020
» Public health authorities were expected to announce the results of novel coronavirus tests on samples from two ill taxi drivers on Friday afternoon.
20,000 Chinese visitors being monitored, say health officials
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 27/01/2020
» Health officials are monitoring about 20,000 Chinese tourists currently in the country, as they start to return home after the Lunar New Year.
Thailand gets nod to make HIV/Aids drug
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/11/2018
» The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified the Government Pharmaceutical Organization’s (GPO) to produce the antiretroviral drug Efavirenz, in a move likely to reduce the cost of the drug in the region.