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  • Thailand NewsUndercooked pork alert: DDC cautions after hearing loss fever outbreak

    Undercooked pork alert: DDC cautions after hearing loss fever outbreak

    The Department of Disease Control (DDC) issued a warning against consuming undercooked or raw pork following an outbreak of Streptococcus suis, otherwise known as hearing loss fever. This outbreak has resulted in approximately 500 infections and 24 fatalities so far. The announcement was made by Taweechai Wisanuyothin, the director of DDC Regional Office 9 in Nakhon Ratchasima. He revealed that…

  • Thailand NewsThailand unscathed by Crimean-Congo fever, dengue cases surge

    Thailand unscathed by Crimean-Congo fever, dengue cases surge

    In an official statement, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) confirmed that Thailand is currently not affected by the Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF). This comes in the wake of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) notification that classifies CCHF as a high-risk infectious disease. Dr Thares Krasanairawiwong, the DDC Director-General, put the country’s populace at ease today. “No case has been…

  • Thailand NewsWarning issued over ‘soil fever’ surge amid rainy season in Nakhon Ratchasima

    Warning issued over ‘soil fever’ surge amid rainy season in Nakhon Ratchasima

    Health authorities in Nakhon Ratchasima have issued a warning over cases of melioidosis, commonly known as ‘soil fever.’ The lethal and infectious disease is mostly found in soil, paddy fields, farmlands, vegetable plots, rubber plantations, and ponds. It typically affects those who come into direct contact with contaminated water and soil. People residing in flooded areas and those involved in…

  • Thai LifeDengue hasn’t gone away – Dengue fever in Thailand 2022, and how to avoid it

    Dengue hasn’t gone away – Dengue fever in Thailand 2022, and how to avoid it

    Covid-19, and the controls taken to limit its spread, have clearly disrupted essential health services and other disease control programs worldwide – school closures, lockdowns, curfews and social restrictions, hoping to limit the spread of Covid-19. But those enforced changes have also resulted in the transmission of other infectious diseases, including dengue fever. Despite dropping off the radar in the…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai researcher details her Covid-19 vaccination experience

    Thai researcher details her Covid-19 vaccination experience

    “General post-vaccination symptoms include a mild fever, headache, muscle pain and shivering.” A Thai post-doctorate researcher at the University of Chicago is detailing her Covid-19 vaccination experience and offering insight into its effects. Siriruk Changrob has received 2 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine but says just the vaccine won’t immunise people from getting Covid. Siriruk says a person who is…

  • Thailand News4 health care workers in Bangkok test positive for Covid-19

    4 health care workers in Bangkok test positive for Covid-19

    4 health care workers tested positive for Covid-19 after working at alternative state quarantine facilities and hospitals in Bangkok. The medical personnel, ages 25 to 40, tested positive on December 4 and 5 after reporting symptoms of a fever and headache. Public health officials are investigating the cases to see if there were any slip-ups in quarantine protocols. Medical personnel…

  • Covid-19 News5 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, 2 reported symptoms

    5 new Covid-19 cases in quarantine, 2 reported symptoms

    5 new Covid-19 cases were detected in quarantine with 2 reporting symptoms of a fever, according to the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration. The total number of confirmed Covid-19 cases is raised to 3,852 with 3,693 recoveries and 60 deaths. 99 people are currently receiving medical treatment for the coronavirus. A 30 year old Thai student travelling from Sweden tested…

  • Thai LifeTop 10 ways to avoid getting Dengue Fever

    Top 10 ways to avoid getting Dengue Fever

    There is no specific medicine to treat dengue infection. About 1 in 4 people infected will get sick, some very sick. A severe case of dengue can be life-threatening within a few hours and will probably require hospitalisation. The most common symptoms of dengue include nausea, vomiting, a rash, muscle aches and joint pains. Symptoms of dengue typically last 2 –…

  • Covid-19 News17 new Covid-19 cases in Thailand, all repatriated citizens from the Middle East

    17 new Covid-19 cases in Thailand, all repatriated citizens from the Middle East

    Today the Centre of Covid-19 Administration reported 17 new cases of Covid-19 infection. All the cases were repatriated Thai personnel returning from the Middle East. Spokesperson Dr Taweesilp reported that most the returnees were asymptomatic and were confirmed as infected after a second test. “13 of the new cases had returned from Kuwait, 12 were men aged 31-56, and the other…

  • Thailand News11 dead, 14,000 ill as rainy season worsens dengue fever outbreak in northeast

    11 dead, 14,000 ill as rainy season worsens dengue fever outbreak in northeast

    The onset of Thailand’s rainy season has worsened a nationwide outbreak of dengue fever, which has already killed 11 people and sickened some 14,000, the director-general of the Department of Disease Control announced today. “From January 1 to May 25 there have been 14,126 cases of dengue fever in Thailand, or 21.28 patients per 100,000 population, and 11 deaths. The…

  • Covid-19 NewsReturnees from UK found with high fever, hospitalised

    Returnees from UK found with high fever, hospitalised

    Of the 251 Thais who repatriated from the United Kingdom yesterday 20 were found to have high fevers and rushed to hospital, according Suvarnabhumi Airport’s deputy director. “The 251 Thais departed from London on Thai Airways International Flight TG917 and arrived at the airport at 2.20pm. Preliminary screening found that 20 passengers had high fever and they were rushed to…

  • Covid-19 News13 return from South Korea with high fever, rushed to quarantine

    13 return from South Korea with high fever, rushed to quarantine

    A Korean Airlines flight arrived at 9:25pm yesterday at Suvarnabhumi Airport bringing 194 Thais from South Korea. Screening officers found 13 of the passengers with high fever and immediately sent them to hospital. Most of the rest took a bus to a 14 day state quarantine area according to state measures, while 18 went to “alternative state quarantine” at a designated…

  • Covid-19 News3 new Coronavirus cases in Thailand – May 23

    3 new Coronavirus cases in Thailand – May 23

    The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration spokesman Dr Taweesilp announced in his daily press conference that Thailand has confirmed 3 new cases of the Covid-19 virus. 2 of the new cases are classed as “imported,” as they were found in a state quarantine facility among repatriates from overseas. Of the imported cases, 1 was a 25 year old old Thai…

  • Covid-19 NewsThai dengue fever infections rise to 8,147 in three provinces

    Thai dengue fever infections rise to 8,147 in three provinces

    Dengue fever, the painful, sometimes fatal mosquito borne illness also known as “bone break fever,” is making its annual resurgence as heavy rains in many regions of Thailand return with a resultant explosion in the mosquito population. The deputy director of the Department of Disease Control is warning people to beware, as over the past 3 months, 8,147 people in…

  • Covid-19 NewsFour evacuees from Wuhan kept in naval hospital for observation

    Four evacuees from Wuhan kept in naval hospital for observation

    Four* of the 138 Thai evacuees from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak, were taken to the hospital at the Royal Thai Navy’s Sattahip Naval Base for observation yesterday, after they were found to have a fever. Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, who was at Pattaya’s U-Tapao Airport last night to meet the evacuees,…

  • Covid-19 NewsFlight full of Thai evacuees from Wuhan arrives at U-tapao, four with fever

    Flight full of Thai evacuees from Wuhan arrives at U-tapao, four with fever

    Four of the 138 Thais repatriated in an Air Asia jet from Wuhan last night were found to have a fever. The Thai Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul was at U-tapao airport, south of Pattaya, last night to welcome the 138 evacuees. Thai AirAsia flight FD571, carrying the 138 Thai passengers, landed at the navy airport in Ban Chang district in…

  • Bangkok NewsQueen Mother, HM Queen Sirikit, recovering in Chulalongkorn Hospital Bangkok

    Queen Mother, HM Queen Sirikit, recovering in Chulalongkorn Hospital Bangkok

    Her Majesty Queen Sirikit, the Queen Mother, has been admitted to the Chulalongkorn Hospital in Bangkok after developing a fever and persistent cough. The Bureau of the Royal Household made the announcement yesterday about her admission on Sunday night. Medical checks and tests showed an infection of the respiratory tract and she was advised by doctors to remain in the…

  • Phuket NewsUpper Southern provinces being warned about dengue spread

    Upper Southern provinces being warned about dengue spread

    “The number of patients is expected to rise as rain has begun falling in some southern provinces.” Residents of provinces in Thailand’s upper South are being warned that dengue could spread now that the annual monsoon rains have arrived. Doctor Sirilak Thaicharoen, director of Nakhon Si Thammarat’s 11th Disease Control Office, said 1,165 people in seven upper Southern provinces had…

  • Hot NewsWARNING: Dengue cases four times worse than last year

    WARNING: Dengue cases four times worse than last year

    A nationwide alert has gone up about a big rise in Dengue cases across the country. Hospitals nationwide are being ordered to set up emergency facilities to deal with the worrying rise in cases of dengue fever since the start of 2019. Workpoint News reports that, in January alone, there were four times as many cases of the disease compared…