PM quells talk of new pandemic

European man sought as monkeypox risk

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has advised the public not to agonize as authorities continue their search for a Western european man who is believed to have infected the particular Thai man recently confirmed as Thailand’s second confirmed monkeypox case.

“The prime minister has asked individuals not to panic while also warning these to avoid high-risk behavior, to ensure safety in the capital following the report, ” said authorities spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana.

Monkeypox is not highly transmissible unless there is direct contact with bodily fluids or even lesions, or prolonged contact with an infected person.

Generally, most sufferers recover by themselves at home within two in order to four weeks, Mr Thanakorn said.

Dr Sophon Iamsirithavorn, deputy chief from the Department of Illness Control (DDC), stated an investigation showed the particular 47-year-old Thai man has always resided in the capital and did not have an inter-provincial travel record.

The man don’t have severe symptoms. They are being treated within an isolation ward at Vajira Hospital, Dr Sophon said.

He had been likely infected through sexual relations with the European man which he became pleasant with on social networking, Dr Sophon added.

Dr Sophon said the particular department is in connection with various embassies to locate the European guy, who is believed to be carrying the virus.

The Thailänder man lived along with 10 family members in a townhouse. They are all considered an at-risk group. Yesterday, the DDC found six really his relatives residing in another house.

None of the 16 people have shown any symptoms yet, however , said Doctor Suthat Chottanapund, director of the Institute of Urban Disease Control and Prevention. Their particular samples were taken and the lab tests will come out soon. Each one is now being remote for 21 days, he said.

Yong Poovorawan, chief of the Center of Excellence in Clinical Virology from Chulalongkorn University, expressed concern that creatures may become carriers plus pose a danger to humans offered into contact with.

Dr Yong said the number of sufferers has been increasing since the onset of the outbreak in Africa. Currently, there are more than seventeen, 000 cases across 75 countries — mostly in the US plus Europe.

Citing reports through the World Health Business (WHO), about 98% of those patients are usually men.

There have, up to now, only been five deaths reported in Africa.

The study noted that many people likely obtained infected through gay encounters and almost 40% developed a rash in their groin area.

The chief issue is that monkeypox is a member of the Poxviridae family, which mostly infects rodent species, although it can be transmitted to humans through body fluids, bites and undercooked meat from infected animals.

Now fears are growing that the pathogen could become similarly prevalent in men and women.

“If that happened, it would be difficult to control the particular spread of monkeypox, ” said Dr Yong.

“Even if this group has a higher risk, the particular reports should be wary of using suggestive, although not clinically substantiated, vocabulary, and the reports should focus on the disease by itself and how best to address it, ” he additional.

Yuthasak Supasorn, governor of the Tourism Authority associated with Thailand (TAT), mentioned the country’s travel and leisure industry has not however been affected by issues about monkeypox, after he made enquiries at TAT workplaces in 29 nations.