Anutin confirms that Thailand is free from smallpox, more monkeys also asked the public to protect themselves – avoid risks
On August 22, at the Ministry of Public Health, Mr. Anutin Charnvirakul, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Health (MOPH) gave an interview about the situation of smallpox. Or monkeypox (Monkeypox) that at the moment there are no more infected people in Thailand, still at 5, most of them are suspected of being infected, but when the infection was tested in a laboratory (lab), it was not smallpox. considered to be able to control the situation but also asks for the cooperation of the people to be careful Don’t put yourself in a situation where you are at risk of contracting smallpox.
On the side of Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong Director-General of the Department of Disease Control said that from the situation in Thailand at this time Found 5 confirmed cases of chickenpox, 2 are foreigners, 3 are Thai nationals, with high-risk exposure from the first confirmed case. and the second case has completed 21 days of 40 people, no symptoms found. and was repeatedly tested for infection No additional infections were found. Monkeypox is not a severe disease or is easily contagious. From following close contacts of the first two patients until the incubation period is 21 days or 3 weeks, for example, household contacts who live together for a week. no one has been infected yet
“When it is due to repeat the examination, the more confident that this disease is not contagious. If they are stuck, they must be in close contact with each other. skin-to-skin type The risk group is those who have a habit of changing sexual partners frequently. If anyone thinks they are at risk, please stop such behavior to prevent disease,” said Opas, adding that for the current situation of chickenpox, as of August 21, there were 42,362 confirmed cases worldwide. 13 deaths The top five countries with the highest number of cases are the United States, 14,595, Spain, 6,091, Brazil, 3,756, Germany, 3,266, and the UK, 2,889.