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Singapore confirms 40 cases of Zika and fears more to come

29 AUGUST 2016

Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of locally-transmitted Zika virus, mostly among foreign construction workers, and said it expected more cases to be identified. read more...

Zika warning: Thailand named region’s ‘red alert’ country

29 August 2016

Department of Disease Control chief Dr. Amnuay Gajeena on Sunday urged Thais to help control the breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. read more...

Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – Thailand

26 August 2016

On 30 July 2016, the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, announced a laboratory confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) in an 18-year-old Kuwaiti man who arrived in Thailand on 25 July with his family. read more...

Thai chicken sector agrees to end human rights abuse

22 August 2016

Two government departments in Thailand alongside the Thai Broilers Processing Exporters Association (TBA) will improve conditions in the chicken industry, following claims of modern-day slavery. Thailand’s Department of Labour Protection and Welfare (DLPW), the Department of Livestock Development (DLD) alongside the TBA have signed an agreement to eliminate human rights abuses in the chicken processing sector. read more...

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