Thailand - Mpox 2024+

[sharon sanders]

Thailand says mpox detected in European who travelled from Africa


The 66-year-old male arrived in the country on August 14 and is being quarantined in a hospital.

Published On 21 Aug 202421 Aug 2024

Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, health officials said.

Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of the Department of Disease Control, announced on Wednesday that the 66-year-old patient arrived in Thailand on August 14 from an African country, which was not identified.

The authorities are treating the case as if it were the Clade 1 variant of mpox, Thongchai told the Reuters news agency, which has caused global concern as it appears to spread more easily.

more... https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/...etected-in-european-who-travelled-from-africa
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[sharon sanders]

First case of mpox clade 1b detected in Thailand

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2024​

The first case of mpox clade 1b has been detected in Thailand, the Disease Control Department (DCD) announced on Wednesday.

A patient had tested positive for the mpox clade 1b virus after arriving from Africa, said the DCD in a statement issued at 10.21am.

More details of the case would be announced by DCD director-general Thongchai Kiratihattayakorn on Wednesday afternoon, it added.
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more.... https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40040763

 

[sharon sanders]

Thailand confirms Asia's first case of new, deadlier mpox strain

(Updated: 22 Aug 2024 06:45PM)​

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asi...ier-strain-confirmed-traveller-africa-4561271

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2859542/first-case-of-new-mpox-variant-recovers

First case of new mpox variant recovers
European man returns home, tests on all his contacts turn out negative
PUBLISHED : 4 Sep 2024 at 20:43
WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin


The person with the first confirmed case of mpox clade Ib variant detected in Thailand has recovered and returned home, public health officials said on Wednesday.

The patient who tested positive for clade Ib was a 66-year-old European male who arrived in Bangkok on Aug 14, after travelling from Africa.

He was admitted to a hospital on Aug 15, a day after his arrival in Bangkok. Laboratory tests confirmed the variant as clade Ib.

The patient’s lesions have fully dried, allowing him to be discharged from the hospital and return home, said Dr Thongchai Keeratihatthayakorn, director-general of the Department of Disease Control...

 

[sharon sanders]

Multi-country outbreak of mpox, External situation report #50 - 11 April 2025


Edition 50

11 April 2025
| Emergency Situational Updates​

https://www.who.int/publications/m/...external-situation-report--50---11-april-2025

 

[Pathfinder]

Thonburi prison inmate dies of mpox

PUBLISHED : 15 Feb 2026 at 13:10

WRITER: Apinya Wipatayotin

A male prison inmate, 44, with underlying diseases including HIV died of monkeypox at Thonburi Remand Prison early last week, and about 100 other inmates and personnel are under observation, according to health authorities.

Dr Montien Kanasawat, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, said on Saturday the male inmate died at the Medical Correctional Institution in Chatuchak district, Bangkok, on Feb 11.

He said the inmate was sent to Thonburi Remand Prison on Jan 20 with some wounds on his leg. Later he developed a fever and a body rash.
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https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3197825/thonburi-prison-inmate-dies-of-mpox​