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12 people exposed to monkeypox at BKK show no signs of symptoms

Twelve travellers to Thailand are under watch after coming into close contact with a passenger who was later detected with monkeypox. But none of them have shown any signs of symptoms.

The 12 people, a mix of passengers and flight attendants, were with the infected person for 2 hours in transit, after the traveller’s flight from Europe stopped at BKK (Suvarnabhumi Airport).

The group has been asymptomatic for the past 7 days but will be “observed” until the final day of the reported incubation period, which is 21 days, according to the director of epidemiology at the Department of Disease Control, Chakkarat Pitayawonganon.

Those who came into contact with the infected are NOT considered high risk because the individual was asymptomatic during the transit period. The person later showed signs of monkeypox infection at his final destination in Australia.

There are still NO confirmed cases of monkeypox in Thailand.

The current monkeypox strain has a very low fatality rate (around 1%). There are a few signs to watch out for including sore throat, headache, body pains, fever, rashes and blisters.

Thai health officials are on the lookout for anyone showing these symptoms, and monitoring anyone who has travelled from countries where cases have been reported.

So far there has not been any confirmed monkeypox cases in Thailand. As of yesterday, there were 494 monkeypox patients confirmed across 32 countries, comprising 406 confirmed cases and 88 suspected cases. There are 139 confirmed cases in Spain, 101 in England, 74 in Portugal, 63 in Canada, 22 in Germany and 13 in the US.

SOURCE: Bangkok Post | Ch3

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Recent comments:
Vigo
2022-06-01 23:04
11 hours ago, Chookhead said: Unless all 12 slept with the bloke they won't catch this disease that IS basically shingles as it is the same viral family, despite media hype pronouncing that it isn't. As with herpes and shingles…
Vigo
2022-06-01 23:08
8 hours ago, Thaidup said: Wuhan Institute of Virology just happened to be working on Monkeypox too. https://thenewamerican.com/shock-wuhan-lab-experimented-on-monkeypox-just-before-outbreak/ The potential for an outbreak has been known and discussed for over decade. Multiple university labs around the world have been…
Grumpish
2022-06-02 00:50
9 hours ago, Thaidup said: Wuhan Institute of Virology just happened to be working on Monkeypox too. https://thenewamerican.com/shock-wuhan-lab-experimented-on-monkeypox-just-before-outbreak/ Dr John Campbell, did a reference video on it today. Nurse Campbell to the rescue again. Don't be fooled by the Doctor…
BigHewer
2022-06-02 08:46
17 hours ago, Thaidup said: Wuhan Institute of Virology just happened to be working on Monkeypox too. https://thenewamerican.com/shock-wuhan-lab-experimented-on-monkeypox-just-before-outbreak/ Dr John Campbell, did a reference video on it today. I stopped watching 3 minutes in, when Doctor John had no idea…
Thaidup
2022-06-02 12:39
18 hours ago, JJJ said: Crap. Honestly if that’s true then there might be something to worry about. Here is the published work from Feb 2022. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1995820X22000414 Included a screenshot of the Institutes carrying out the work.

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