A committee will on Monday decide whether in order to impose the highest amount of monkeypox alert after the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Sunday declared the break out a global health emergency, Public Health Ressortchef (umgangssprachlich) Anutin Charnvirakul mentioned on Sunday.
He mentioned the committee, which usually comprises qualified medical experts, would discuss procedures to be taken to cope with the monkeypox outbreak stated by the WHO to have affected nearly sixteen, 000 people within 72 countries. The experts will also consider regardless of whether and how to impose an alert of that level underneath the Thai public wellness system.
So far Thailand has had one confirmed smallpox case – the 27-year-old Nigerian man arrested in Cambodia after escaping from Phuket, where he was found to have caught the disease.
Mr Anutin said he had ordered international communicable disease manage checkpoints along the boundary to coordinate along with immigration police to watch travellers from nations declared high-risk by the WHO.
They are susceptible to be screened in airports for basic symptoms – such as blisters and itchiness on the skin – by using similar methods as those utilized against Covid-19.
As for the smallpox vaccine long kept in storage space, the Medical Science Department has analyzed the supply plus found it could be requested monkeypox, if necessary, Mr Anutin said.
The Section of Medical Services, he said, has confirmed that people infected with monkeypox can usually be treated with medicines which are currently available, and private hospitals are ready to provide therapy.
Mr Anutin said individuals should not be overly anxious because monkeypox will not spread as quickly as Covid-19. Universal prevention measures – such as mask-wearing, hand-washing and interpersonal distancing – can minimise the risk of contracting monkeypox, he additional.
Asked about measures to prevent monkeypox patients escaping through treatment facilities, Mr Anutin said because the WHO has imposed the highest alert level against monkeypox he has advised hospitals to keep individuals suspected or showed have been infected in quarantine for therapy and further investigation.
Asked whether it is now necessary to inflict travel restrictions to avoid people from some countries entering Thailand, Mr Anutin stated the situation is not however at that degree.