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Thailand is urging caution to hospitals after infection of doctors with A (H1N1)
From Agencia EFE -- 21 Jan 2010
BANGKOK, Jan 21 (EFE) .- The Ministry of Health of Thailand ordered Thursday that the different health centers in the country stepped up precautions, after 30 doctors contracted the virus A (H1N1) of the new flu, which left 198 killed in that country.
The Thai Health Minister, Jurin Laksanawisit, said at a news conference in Bangkok that doctors infected remain in their homes until their full recovery and are also disinfected hospital facilities.
The owner of Health said that it is possible that Thailand faces a second wave of the epidemic of swine flu, so his recommendation to all medical centers that do not drop your guard.
Thailand has started clinical trials of the vaccine against the disease last month in government laboratories, in order to reduce the importation of drugs marketed by pharmaceutical companies.
The formula will be administered through a nasal spray twice within one month of each of the 24 volunteers - 15 men and nine women - and the result will come out in February.
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