Cambodia has detected three more cases of monkeypox, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 17 so far, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on April 7.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Health on February 15 issued a press release confirming the diagnosis of monkeypox on a man in Phnom Penh, the fourth case since February 11 and the 12th since July 2022.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, chaired the committee's 20th meeting via teleconference with all 63 provinces and centrally-run cities of the country.
The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) under the Ministry of Health has urged localities to step up polio vaccinations to prevent viral diseases in children born in 2021 and 2022.
The Institute of Dermatology of Thailand is offering a COVID-19 vaccination service using the Gen2-Bivalent Pfizer vaccine at its headquarters on Ratchawithi Road, Bangkok Post reported.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has ordered a review of the treatment and examinations of COVID-19 cases as the number of new infections continues to rise.
The national COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,376,571 with 3,295 new cases recorded on the past 24 hours to 4pm August 18, a three-month high, according to the Ministry of Health.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says it is ready to cope with another wave of COVID-19 pandemic as the city could face tens of thousands of patients by the time it peaks in late August.