Three people infected with rabies this year

 

   

ฺBANGKOK (NNT) - The Department of Disease Control’s project to make Thailand rabies-free by 2020 has made positive progress, with only three people having been infected with rabies in the country this year, an all time record low.

 

M.L. Panadda Diskul, a senator and vice president of the Disease-free Animals, Save Humans from Rabies project, said the rabies situation in Thailand has improved immensely, thanks to cooperation between relevant agencies in monitoring and controlling the spread of the disease in animals, management of animal shelters, implementation of measures to prevent rabies in humans and innovations and technological advances for improving animal health. The project is in line with the wishes of Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Krom Phra Srisavangavadhana.

 

The Deputy Director-General of the Department of Disease Control, Dr. Asadang Ruayajin, said 18 people were infected with rabies in Thailand last year. This year, the number dropped to three. They were reported in the provinces of Surin, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Buri Ram. The success is attributed to strictly following strategies to address animal health problems. The project will continue next year to make the country rabies-free in the very near future.

 

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Marvellous.

 

Meanwhile:

"A recent modelling study estimated that there are 2800 deaths due to melioidosis in Thailand yearly."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29725623

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/melioidosis-latest-updates-foot-infection-feet-prevent-boots-rice-fields-thailand-myanmar-tropical-a8211906.html

 

How's that going?

 

 

17 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Marvellous.

 

Meanwhile:

"A recent modelling study estimated that there are 2800 deaths due to melioidosis in Thailand yearly."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29725623

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/melioidosis-latest-updates-foot-infection-feet-prevent-boots-rice-fields-thailand-myanmar-tropical-a8211906.html

 

How's that going?

 

 

Quite a few die in Australia too. From.melioidosis.

18 hours ago, webfact said:

vice president of the Disease-free Animals

Are we sure he isn't diseased !?!

19 hours ago, webfact said:

with only three people having been infected with rabies in the country this year, an all time record low

I'm guessing that is a TAT amended figure

Nothing much came from the hyper-expensive TV's and Microphones this guy was in charge of... if I ever shook hands with him I'd probably have the urge to count my fingers afterwards. Thai-style politics; corrupt and dishonest, just the way Prayuth likes it.