Thai Disease Checkpoints on Alert for Hantavirus

Thai disease checkpoints on alert for hantavirus

Surveillance measures at international communicable disease checkpoints in Thailand has been tightened following a World Health Organization (WHO) alert about fatal and infectious hantavirus cases on a cruise ship sailing between Argentina and Cape Verde.

Thailand’s Communicable Disease Committee Approves Study to Designate Hantavirus as Dangerous Communicable Disease, Says Public Should NOT Panic, Overall Risk Low

The Pattaya News =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bangkok – Thailand’s National Communicable Disease Committee has approved a formal study to classify hantavirus infection as a “dangerous communicable disease” under the Communicable Diseases Act, citing the virus’s high severity, a fatality rate of 30–40% in severe cases, and its potential link to international travel. However, they also stressed the overall risk factor of […] Thailand’s Communicable Disease Co…

No Thais on hantavirus cruise ship, Thailand studies listing it as a “dangerous communicable disease”

Thailand’s National Communicable Disease Committee has ordered a formal study of hantavirus before classifying it as a “dangerous communicable disease”, while confirming no Thai nationals were on the cruise ship linked to the overseas cluster.