Tag: Zika virus
Health Misistry confident of containing spread of Zika virus
BANGKOK, 23 June 2016 - The Ministry of Public Health is confident that it will be able to contain the spread of the Zika...
Three new Zika cases reported in Phetchabun province
Three Zika cases have been reported in Phetchabun province after the two cases in Chiang Mai’s Sansai district have been discharged from the hospital...
Two Zika cases reported in Chiang Mai
A house in Chiang Mai’s Sansai district and its surrounding area within 100-metre radius have been declared off-limits to unauthorized outsiders by Tambon Sansai...
Nongprue Market targeted for mosquito abatement
Local officials led a neighborhood cleanup in the Nongprue Market area, taking aim at disease-carrying mosquitos.
Sub-district Deputy Mayor Niyom Thiangtham kicked off the event...
Zika virus alert in Udon Thani’s Sangkhom district
Udon Thani’s Sangkhom district has been declared off-limits especially to pregnant women after a resident of the district was quarantined in Taiwan after he...
Aussie athletes to receive condoms touted at combating Zika
Sydney (AP) - Australian athletes at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be supplied with condoms which manufacturers say will offer “near complete”...
People warned of dengue fever as rainy season begins
BANGKOK– The Ministry of Public Health has called on the public to take precautions against dengue fever, which is usually prevalent during the rainy...
No more cases of Zika virus reported in Vietnam
HANOI,(VOV) - No other localities in Vietnam have reported cases of Zika virus after the central Khanh Hoa province and HCM City declared the...
Still many questions about Zika’s threat to pregnant women
Washington (AP) - Zika may stand convicted of causing devastating birth defects but there still are lots of questions about how much of a...
Volunteering for infection in hunt for dengue, Zika vaccines
Washington (AP) - Forget mosquito bites. Volunteers let researchers in the U.S. inject them with the dengue virus in the name of science —...
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