Open public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has designated the Department associated with Disease Control in order to India’s tomato flu outbreak despite the lack of cases in Thailand, says deputy authorities spokeswoman Traisuree Taisaranakul.
The lady said yesterday that even though there has been no report of a local outbreak, it is necessary to monitor the disease because Thailand has reopened with regard to tourism and must prepare for screenings plus treatments.
Initial reports have got indicated that tomato flu patients only show mild symptoms and the disease has not spread widely.
Ms Traisuree said polymerase string reaction tests are already available in both general public and private hospitals within Thailand.
Ramathibodi Hospital’s Centre for Medical Genomics posted on the Facebook page upon Friday saying that tomato flu could be a version of hand, foot and mouth disease.
The latest tomato flu outbreak was first found in Kerala in southern India where children aged under five have been diagnosed with the virus, it said.
The Centre designed for Medical Genomics said children are especially susceptible to the virus as it propagates via contact with unclean surfaces.
Children with the disease will develop red blisters on their skin, that is contagious through close up contact, it stated.