PRACHUAP KHIRI KHAN, July 31 (TNA) – The coastal province of Prachuap Khiri Khan, southwest of Bangkok, confirmed its first influenza type A(H1N1) fatality Friday, and the Public Health Ministry denied a 16-year-old girl who lost her baby had contracted the virus or had a miscarriage because of the virus. Prachuap Khiri Khan Governor Panchai [...]
BANGKOK, 23 July 2009 (NNT) – Many more people will be infected Influenza A (H1N1) in the next two months, while the virus may mutate by crossing strain, according to health academics. President of Influenza Foundation Thailand (IFT) Professor Doctor.Prasert Thongjaroen as the Chairman of the Consultant Sub-Committee of the Public Health Ministry revealed that [...]
BANGKOK, July 22 (TNA) – Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on Wednesday confirmed the total deaths from the country’s Influenza A(H1N1) at 44, almost doubled the 24 deaths reported last week. The ministry announced the total A(H1N1) cases at 6,776 in its weekly report. Of this number, 6,697 cases have fully recovered while 35 patients [...]
BANGKOK, 20 July 2009 (NNT) – A recent opinion survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University indicated that the majority of the public wanted the government to issue daily updates on the A (H1N1) situation. The latest Suan Dusit Poll was conducted among people in Bangkok and other provinces on 20 July 2009 on how to [...]
PHUKET, 15 July 2009 (NNT) – Tourists traveling to the southern province of Phuket have voiced ilittle concern over the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak situation in the nation while the province itself is fully ready to tackle the virus spread. Mr Eivino Byberg, a Norwegian tourist said he was not scared of the H1N1 outbreak [...]
BANGKOK, July 15 (TNA) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday affirmed the government would not yet take draconian measures to contain the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic. Speaking after the Cabinet meeting, he said his government would not yet impose such exceedingly harsh measures as temporary closure of schools and entertainment places and suspension of social [...]
BANGKOK, 14 July 2009 (NNT) – Today’s Cabinet meeting will focus on stepping up measures to combat the spread of influenza A (H1N1). Deputy Prime Minister, Major General Sanan Kajornprasart, will request a budget of 70 million baht from the Cabinet for publicizing safeguarding measures against swine flu to the public, including the wearing of [...]
BANGKOK, 14 July 2009 (NNT) – Tourism and Sports Minister, Chumpol Silpa-archa, assured that the influenza A (H1N1) outbreak had no impact on national tourism, indicating that the economy would be more affected by political issues. Mr. Chumpol stated that the latest number of foreign tourists traveling into the nation was at 26,000, which was [...]
BANGKOK, 12 July 2009 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has emphasized the Ministry of Public Health to heighten the treatment of patients infected with the influenza A (H1N1) in order to suppress the fatality rate in the country. Due to his concern that more Thai citizens would be infected the A (H1N1) virus, Prime [...]
BANGKOK, 10 July 2009 (NNT) – Secretary General of the Private Education Commission Bandit Sriputtangkul confirmed that tutoring agencies in the country would be cooperative to the Cabinet’s resolution to close the institutions to reduce the spread of Influenza A (H1N1). Following the Cabinet’s resolution yesterday to decelerate the toll of the flu infected people [...]
