Mosquitoes can make you seriously ill, take measures!
Attention and prevention against mosquitoes is important when you consider which nasty diseases these critters can transmit, such as Malaria, Dengue, Zika, Yellow Fever and Chikungunya. Especially in the tropics, these diseases are associated with many illnesses and deaths. The general advice therefore applies to travelers: take the right protection measures against mosquitoes.
Two Thai babies with microcephaly due to the Zika virus
It is now official: two Thai babies with an unusually small head have been infected with the Zika virus. The Ministry of Health confirmed this yesterday.
Zika virus now also in Bangkok
It seemed that the Zika virus was mainly active in the north of Thailand, now it is Bangkok's turn. This week, 22 new cases of Zika infections were reported in Bangkok (Sathon district), including a pregnant woman.
Zika and dengue are on the rise in Thailand
Last week it appeared that 20 infections with the Zika virus had been added in Thailand, the number of cases of infection has already passed the hundred. According to the authorities, there is no need to worry. Bangkok Post has doubts about that.
Number of Zika infections in Thailand on the rise: Twenty new cases
Twenty new infections with the Zika virus have been diagnosed in four different provinces, but according to the Thai Ministry of Health, there is no reason for panic.
Zika virus 'extinguished within three years'
The outbreak of the dreaded Zika virus, which is dangerous for pregnant women, will be over in two to three years, British scientists say. By that time, many people have already been infected and therefore become immune. Zika also occurs in Thailand.
In Thailand, 97 infections with the Zika virus have been detected. The infections occurred in 10 different provinces in the first half of this year. According to the government, the outbreak is under control, but this is not yet the case in the provinces of Bung Kan and Phetchabun.
Zika virus active in Udon Thani
An infection with the Zika virus has been reported in Udon Thani (Sangkhom district). A resident of Sangkhom has been quarantined in Taiwan after an infection was found.
Zika virus detected in Vietnam
Today it was announced that two women in Vietnam have been diagnosed with the Zika virus. These are the first infections in this Asian country, according to the Vietnamese health ministry.
WHO: Zika virus is more dangerous than thought
The Zika virus is more dangerous to unborn children than previously thought, according to the World Health Organization. That said WHO Director-General Chan after an emergency meeting.
Zika virus can also be transmitted through sex
The Zika virus, which also occurs in Thailand, appears to be sexually transmitted. In Dallas, Texas, someone contracted the Zika virus through sexual contact with an infected person who had recently been to Venezuela.
Getting sick with Zika in Thailand?
The world's attention to Zika, a mosquito-borne viral disease, is focused solely on South America, with Brazil as the most important country. The mosquito, Aedes Aegypti and its sister, the tiger mosquito, are the protagonists in the 21 (South) American countries where the animal occurs. According to the World Health Organization WHO, there is a risk of a pandemic.