Suvarnabhumi Airport is adopting stricter health measures to monitor travellers arriving from China where a mysterious viral pneumonia has broken out. (Photo: bangkokpost.com)Bangkok (VNA) – Thai PublicHealth Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has urged people not to panic over theoutbreak of a mysterious viral pneumonia in China, and gave assurance thatmeasures are in place to keep Thailand free of the disease.
The Department of Disease Control is working with the Airports of Thailand Plc(AoT) to closely monitor tourists from Wuhan, China’s Hubei province where thelung infections have been found, he said.
According to AoT President Nitinai Sirismatthakarn, infrared temperaturescreening devices have been installed at the four AoT airports: Suvarnabhumi,Dong Mueang, Phuket and Chiang Mai, which currently serve daily flights fromWuhan.
Other countries and territories in the region like mainland China, China’s HongKong and Singapore are implementing necessary measures to control and preventthe mysterious pneumonia.
The first viral pneumonia case was first reported last week in Wuhan, leadingto speculation about the resurgence of the highly contagious severe acuterespiratory syndrome (SARS) virus.
Wuhan health commission said that the infection broke out between December 12and December 29, with some of the patients employed at a seafood market in thecity that has since been closed for disinfection. Seven of the 59 patients areseriously ill but none of them have died. All are being treated in quarantine.
There is no obvious evidence of human-to-human transmission being found so far,it added./.
VNA
