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Thailand has begun screening for Monkeypox at international airports
31st May 2022
Thailand's international airports have added screening steps for tourists coming from countries where monkeypox has been found, with a focus on those coming from high-risk countries like Nigeria and Congo in Central Africa and several European countries.
Travelers arriving in Thailand are now obliged to fill out and produce a health declaration QR code card, which allows officials to keep track of each passenger, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).
Fever, headache, swelling, aching muscles, and tiredness are common symptoms of monkeypox, as are itchy rashes and lesions. The symptoms are similar to those of chickenpox, however they are milder. Monkeypox usually clears up after a few weeks for the majority of people. The sickness, however, can be lethal in severe situations. Small children can have a ten percent mortality rate.
The DDC has set up an emergency operations centre (EOC) to track the spread of monkeypox, and has told associated units to be on the lookout for travellers from Central and West Africa, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal, where the virus has been found.
According to Thailand's DCD chief, Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, monkeypox has yet to be detected on Thai soil. Even better, thanks to the country's previous smallpox vaccine inoculation programme, most Thais born before 1981 will be protected against monkeypox.
Monkeypox is a viral zoonotic disease (a virus transferred to people from animals) with symptoms that are remarkably similar to those seen in smallpox patients in the past, though it is clinically less severe, according to the WHO. It is caused by the monkeypox virus, which belongs to the Poxviridae family's orthopoxvirus genus. Monkeypox virus is divided into two clades: the West African clade and the Congo Basin (Central African) clade. The virus was first discovered in monkeys in a Danish laboratory in 1958, hence the term monkeypox. In 1970, the first human case was discovered in a kid in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Close contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets, and infected surfaces such as bedding can spread the monkeypox virus from one person to another. Monkeypox takes 6 to 13 days to incubate, although it can take anywhere from 5 to 21 days.
