Thailand’s Disease Control Department has instructed international disease control checkpoints at all ports of entry to screen all arrivals from countries currently reported to be affected by Marburg Virus Disease (MVD).
Dr. Tares Krassanairawiwong says that The World Health Organisation reported the first-ever outbreak of MVD on 13 February in Equatorial Guinea. 200 people who are considered as being at high-risk have been quarantined.
He added that two cases, plus 42 more likely cases, have been reported in Cameroon, which borders Equatorial Guinea.
In Thailand, he said that MVD is classified as one of 13 dangerous infectious diseases, in accordance with the Infectious Diseases Act. However, the disease has not yet been detected in the country.
Thailand has not yet imposed a travel ban to or from Equatorial Guinea or Cameroon, but screening of arrivals from these two African countries has been tightened up.
If an arriving passenger is suspected of being infected, Thai health officials have been instructed to take fluid specimens for tests and the person will be informed of the results within three hours.
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