THE GOVERNMENT issued a warning for people to protect themselves by avoiding risky behaviour as the number of mpox (monkeypox) cases jumped to 48 last month with 38 patients being in Bangkok, Naewna newspaper said Wednesday (July 5).

 

Mr. Anucha Burapachaisri, deputy secretary-general to the prime minister and acting government spokesman, said the 48 mpox cases that emerged in June is 2.3 times higher than the 21 cases reported in May.

 

Mpox is an emerging infectious disease in Thailand with the first patient found in July last year and the total so far is 91 cases, he added.

 

Of June’s total of 48 cases, 41 were Thais and 7 foreigners. Aside from 38 cases in Bangkok, there were three in Samut Prakan, two each in Chonburi and Nonthaburi and one each in Samut Sakhon, Phuket and Pathum Thani.

 

by TNR Staff 

Top picture: A graphic image of mpox virus. Credit:  CI Photos/Shutterstock and published by News Medical Life Sciences

 

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11 minutes ago, webfact said:

protect themselves by avoiding risky behaviour

Don't be doing the dirty deed.....

1 hour ago, flyingtlger said:

Don't be doing the dirty deed.....

Such as skin contact with an infected person.

 

How It Spreads | Mpox | Poxvirus | CDC

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Mpox can spread to anyone through close, personal, often skin-to-skin contact, including:

Direct contact with mpox rash and scabs from a person with mpox, as well as contact with their saliva, upper respiratory secretions (snot, mucus), and areas around the anus, rectum, or vagina

This direct contact can happen during intimate contact, including:

Oral, anal, or vaginal sex, or touching the genitals (penis, testicles, labia, and vagina) or anus of a person with mpox

Hugging, massage, and kissing

Prolonged face-to-face contact

 

 

Ah  another pride month related statistic.