Thais should be more vigilant on the outbreak of pneumonia in China, Thai Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said Monday.

However Thailand has not issued a travel warning to China, he said, adding the public are advised to be careful of their health.

He was speaking following pneumonic plague broke out in China's Qinghai recently, claiming two fatalities.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/30108...plague-outbreak

-- The Nation 03/08/09

Thais urged to be more vigilant after plague outbreak in China

BANGKOK, Aug 3 (TNA) – Thailand's Public Health Minister on Monday urged Thais to be more vigilant, but said that Thailand has not issued a travel warning to China after pneumonic plague broke out in the country’s remote province of Qinghai recently caused the death of two people.

Minister Wittaya Kaewparadai said the public are advised to be careful of their health and said he had ordered the ministry’s permanent-secretary determine whether the disease was airborne, spread from human to human, or through the respiratory system.

According to the minister, pneumonic plague as a pandemic was last found in Thailand in 1952.

China quarantined Ziketan town of 10,000 people in its northwest Tibetan area following two deaths caused by pneumonic plague.

Chinese health authorities warned travellers to the region in mid-July with cough or fever to immediately seek medical attention.

http://enews.mcot.net/view.php?id=11122

-- TNA 03/08/09

This is scarier than the piggy variety.

Swine Flu Say What??

Please post in the most current thread:

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thailand-Ale...85#entry2919885