PUBLISHED: 26 Apr 2025 at 03: 30
NEWSPAPER SECTION: News
The Department of Disease Control ( DDC ) has begun distributing monkeypox ( MPox ) shots to medical personnel.
The office has received 2, 220 vials of Denmark’s JYNNEOS Mpox vaccine, which offers 80-85 % safety, according to Dr. Panumas Yanawetsakul, DDC Director-General. High-risk medical personnel and close contacts with confirmed cases are the targets of the original implementation.
He claimed that the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi started the treatments on Thursday.
Mpox was first discovered in Thailand in July of 2022. 781 Thai immigrants, 98 immigrants, and four cases of unknown ethnicity have already been reported. The majority ( 852 ) were male, with the most affected age group being 30-39 years ( 42.76 % ). Thirteen incidents have occurred.
Only 11 new circumstances have been recorded in 2025, he said. However, efforts to prevent and monitor are still being made.
” Vaccination is already prioritized for two groups. The second group includes contact tracers, laboratory staff, disease control officers, and high-risk care workers. The following party, he said, is intended for people who have closely followed confirmed cases within four weeks.
24 medical services have received 524 doses at this point.