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Wed, 05/20/2009 - 20:28
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Thailand plans A (H1N1) flu screening on planes
Thailand plans A (H1N1) flu screening on planes
BANGKOK, May 20 (TNA) – Thailand’s Department of Disease Control will propose the screening of passengers with flu-like symptoms on incoming aircraft and step up monitoring measures at all international airports, according to Director-General Dr. Somchai Chakrabhand.
Health officials wearing protective gear will take the temperatures of air passengers, he said.
Cooperation from airlines, airport, and health officials is needed. Such measures have been adopted in some countries like Japan, he added.
Public Health spokesperson Suphan Srithamma said that the Ministry of Public Health has 22 cases with flu-like symptoms currently under surveillance, awaiting lab test results. Included in this number is the husband of the German tourist, who died of pneumonia.
The husband of the German tourist who died on Monday has developed a mild fever after his wife’s death with flu-like symptoms. Public health authorities confirmed that she did not have the H1N1 flu virus, but succumbed to common flu and pneumonia.
The World Health Organization has confirmed at least 8,829 human cases of swine flu in nearly 40 countries, including 83 known deaths.
Meanwhile, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said the World Health Organisation (WHO) had agreed to finance two million US dollars into Thailand's influenza vaccine production project, which would hopefully lead to the development of an influenza A (H1N1) vaccine to prevent and handle any outbreak in the future. (TNA)
BANGKOK, May 20 (TNA) – Thailand’s Department of Disease Control will propose the screening of passengers with flu-like symptoms on incoming aircraft and step up monitoring measures at all international airports, according to Director-General Dr. Somchai Chakrabhand.
Health officials wearing protective gear will take the temperatures of air passengers, he said.
Cooperation from airlines, airport, and health officials is needed. Such measures have been adopted in some countries like Japan, he added.
Public Health spokesperson Suphan Srithamma said that the Ministry of Public Health has 22 cases with flu-like symptoms currently under surveillance, awaiting lab test results. Included in this number is the husband of the German tourist, who died of pneumonia.
The husband of the German tourist who died on Monday has developed a mild fever after his wife’s death with flu-like symptoms. Public health authorities confirmed that she did not have the H1N1 flu virus, but succumbed to common flu and pneumonia.
The World Health Organization has confirmed at least 8,829 human cases of swine flu in nearly 40 countries, including 83 known deaths.
Meanwhile, Public Health Minister Witthaya Kaewparadai said the World Health Organisation (WHO) had agreed to finance two million US dollars into Thailand's influenza vaccine production project, which would hopefully lead to the development of an influenza A (H1N1) vaccine to prevent and handle any outbreak in the future. (TNA)