26 January 2020 VSA Thailand

Situation update in Thailand

• There are no Thailand Internal epidemic, 8 infected cases are travellers from Wuhan city, China. 5 cases recovered and return home, 3 cases is under closely treatment.

SURVEILLANCE

• Strict screening travellers at the arrival airports in Thailand of many city from China on only Wuhan

• Hatyai International Airport where VSA located does not have a direct flight from any city of China

• Wearing mask when stay in public places.

Affirmation

• Thailand is 6th of the best prepared country dealing with epidemic/pandemic

• When SARS scourged in 2003 Thailand did not has any infected patient. Only WHO infected officer  came to receiving treatment in Thailand.

https://www.statista.com/chart/19790/index-scores-by-level-of-preparation-to-respond-to-an-epidemic

https://www.ghsindex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2019-Global-Health-Security-Index.pdf

Useful link

• https://ddc.moph.go.th/viralpneumonia/eng/index.php 

• https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/situation-reports?fbclid=IwAR0K6TS8b4kvgp2WuhMUA01gVDZc27SUwv46_vAoW78A93Zf-CXNbVEUBj4 

• https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html?fbclid=IwAR0-d-c1MzJum53oGobJUQRmgp7Ppt1VYYPHuThIQ2ytEXXzorxDo8CVuEk#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6