Don’t panic over suspected monkeypox case, Phuket health office urges


FILE - Waves break on the empty tourist beach of Patong on Phuket, southern Thailand on June 29, 2021. Thai authorities say that on July 1, 2022, they are lifting the need for arriving foreign visitors to register online to get pre-approval for entry. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

PHUKET, July 27 (The Nation/ANN): Phuket’s Public Health Office on Wednesday asked people not to panic as it has to wait for up to two days to see whether a 40-year-old Thai man has monkeypox or not.

Provincial public health chief Kusak Kukiatkul explained that the man was sent from Thalang Hospital to Vachira Phuket Hospital on Tuesday after developing a fever and blisters.

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