BANGKOK, Aug 31 – Thailand has intensified monitoring and control measures for individuals infected with monkeypox (mpox) to prevent further spread of the disease.
The authorities have strengthened screening at entry points for incoming travellers at high risk of contracting mpox after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak in Africa a public health emergency.
This action follows Thailand’s confirmation of its first mpox case last week, identified as the clade 1b strain of the virus.
Notably, this is the second detection of the 1b strain outside Africa.
Thailand’s Department of Disease Control said it has heightened disease surveillance and screening measures at international communicable disease control checkpoints, particularly for flights from Africa, which receive approximately 300 passengers daily.
