In the country – ‘Aran checkpoint’ prepares separate quarantine rooms to deal with ‘smallpox’ spreading at immigration, ‘blacklist’ Nigerian men

‘Aran checkpoint’ prepares separate quarantine rooms to deal with smallpox, blacklisting Nigerian immigration immigration

24 July 2022 at the Aranyaprathet Immigration Checkpoint Permanent border crossing at Ban Khlong Luek, Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province, Pol. Col. Rung Thongmon, Immigration Superintendent of Sa Kaeo Province. along with Mr. Thanakrit Saisan, Head of the Aranyaprathet International Communicable Disease Control Checkpoint Bring staff together to prepare equipment to help patients. and check the readiness to accommodate patients in the isolation room for confirmed patients On the ground floor of the Kingdom of Arrivals at the Aranyaprathet Immigration Checkpoint, Sa Kaeo Province to prepare to accommodate if a monkey pox patient is found or smallpox

Mr. Chaiyong Kulab, an officer at the Aranyaprathet International Communicable Disease Control Checkpoint, said that now the Aranyaprathet International Communicable Disease Control Checkpoint and the Sa Kaeo Immigration Office A separate quarantine room has been set up to accommodate confirmed chickenpox patients. If a smallpox patient is found, the monkey will be sent to an isolation room for investigation immediately. As has been rehearsed and prepared to support There will be a disease investigation team from Aranyaprathet Hospital to investigate the disease immediately. Because now the Health Organization or WHO has declared smallpox as an international public health emergency. Therefore, the Aranyaprathet International Communicable Disease Control checkpoint has cooperated with the Sa Kaeo Provincial Immigration Bureau. Must strictly screen all passengers entering Thailand.

Pol Col Rung Thongmon, Sakaeo Immigration Superintendent, said that a Nigerian man with smallpox fled from Phuket smuggled across the border through a natural channel in Sa Kaeo province. Cambodia and was detained by Cambodian officials at an apartment in Phnom Penh. cambodia capital As of the evening of July 23, 2022, Cambodian health authorities have not allowed anyone near the Nigerian man infected with smallpox. Because it is in the process of testing for the disease in Cambodia, expecting another 2-3 days, Cambodia may allow us to join the investigation. Because we wanted to investigate the travel timeline of a Nigerian man. to prevent the spread of monkey pox in Thailand

There is a report from the Immigration Office (Immigration Bureau) that the Immigration Bureau has now blacklisted. The aforementioned Nigerian man as a person prohibited from entering the country is a person who is a serious threat to society It is a serious contagious disease without treatment. There is a chance of spreading serious pathogens in Thailand.

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