BANGKOK, 29 August 2010 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health has asked people to take extra precautions against flood-related diseases during the rainy season, and to keep themselves warm to prevent seasonal flu infection. Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit stated after the opening ceremony of a new building at Yasothon hospital that it is now rainy season in Thailand. [...]

Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on Tuesday described 10 more citizenry passed away last week of the A or H1N1 virus, adding the country’s bell from the swine influenza virus to 245. Bangkok Post’s site reported that the ministry’s agency from Epidemiology of the Disease Control Department stated the overall dying toll was chronic for the period ‘tween Apr 28, 2009 [...]

BANGKOK, Jan 25 (TNA) – Thailand’s Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC) on Monday ordered the temporary closure of schools where students reportedly contracted Influenza A(H1N1), and placed some 300 high-risk students across the country under close watch. Special Affairs Bureau director Satchathorn Wattanamongkol of the Office of the Permanent Secretary for Education said that according to the weekly [...]

As some 30 doctors nationwide were infected by Type A H1N1 influenza, Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit prepared to get the flu vaccine on Monday, as to encourage more at-risk people to get vaccinated. Following the estimation of 30 doctors infected with the virus, Jurin told a press conference Thursday that he had instructed hospitals to beef up their flu [...]

But many in high-risk groups still confused Thailand has begun free vaccinations against type-A (H1N1) flu but many people classified as being at risk remain confused about the programme. Health volunteer Aree Wattanawaranon, 62, who was among the first 50 patients listed for vaccination at Phra Nangklao Hospital in Nonthaburi yesterday, said she had learned from her village head only [...]

BANGKOK, Dec 15 (TNA) – Thailand is due to start its Influenza A(H1N1) nasal spray vaccine trials on the first group of volunteers this Friday, according to Dr Vichai Chokewiwat, chair of the Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO). The vaccine trial for humans is ready after the problem of the vaccine’s stability was solved. The nasal spray H1N1 vaccine trials will [...]

A second round of Type A (H1N1) influenza has emerged in Thailand this month, as a third of the soldiers in a Phetchabun army base and many schoolchildren in Nakhon Ratchasima, Samut Prakan and other provinces have shown flu-like symptoms. Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said Thursday that the ministry instructed hospitals to prepare stocks of antiviral medications and to [...]

Thailand’s residents and tourists will soon be able to breathe easily. It has just been announced that a vaccine designed to protect against the type-A (H1N1) virus will soon be fit for human trials. Next month, the Government Pharmaceuti-cal Organis…