Regional AlertDengue Fever Cases in Thailand Surge to a Three-Year High with an almost 500% increase in Dengue cases in 2023 compared to 2022 June 27, 2023By MBDS Team19 June 2023. Thailand is currently facing a significant upsurge in dengue fever cases, with health officials warning that the number of infections this year could reach the highest level in three years. READ MORE
Regional AlertProposal to bring Covid-19 from Class A disease to Class B approved June 24, 2023By MBDS Team20 June 2023. The National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal of bringing the Covid-19 from a Class A infectious disease, deemed as “especially dangerous”, to Class B “dangerous”. READ MORE
Regional AlertVietnamese-made African swine fever vaccine used in Philippines, Dominica June 24, 2023By MBDS Team16 June 2023. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam has just approved use of Vietnamese-made African swine fever vaccine in the Philippines and the Dominican Republic. READ MORE
Regional Alert1. WHO, UNICEF promise to help find vaccine source for Vietnam June 20, 2023By MBDS Team15 June 2023. The Vietnamese Minister of Health revealed press brief that WHO and UNICEF have agreed to help find vaccine source for Vietnam to solve the shortage of vaccines in the national expanded program on immunization. READ MORE
Regional AlertSoutheast Asian MPs condemn the Myanmar military’s response to Cyclone Mocha and urge support for local organizations June 20, 2023By MBDS Team14 June 2023. One month has passed since Cyclone Mocha landed and caused devastation in western Myanmar on 14 June 2023. Since then, at least 145 people and likely hundreds more have been killed with many more injured and suffering from a lack of food, clean water and shelter READ MORE
Regional AlertMedical experts warn of infectious disease outbreaks due to vaccine shortage June 20, 2023By MBDS Team13 June 2023. The national expanded program on immunization which provides free-of-charge immunization to 10 vaccines has helped to prevent childhood diseases like polio, tetanus, measles, tuberculosis, hepatitis B, diphtheria, pertussis, pneumonia, and meningitis. READ MORE
Regional AlertH9N2 avian flu infects another child in China June 15, 2023By MBDS Team14 June 2023. China has reported another H9N2 avian flu case, which involves a 7-month-old boy from Jiangxi province. The two earlier cases involved young children from Jiangxi and the Hunan provinces. READ MORE
Regional AlertThailand reports a nearly 500% increase in dengue in 2023 June 15, 2023By MBDS Team13 June 2023. In a follow-up on the Thailand dengue fever situation in 2023, the Bureau of Epidemiology, Department of Disease Control (DDC) reports 19,503 total cases through June 7. This is an increase of 475 percent compared the the 3386 cases reported during the same period in 2022. READ MORE
Regional AlertMyanmar Receives 3 Mln More Doses of Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines June 9, 2023By MBDS Team8 June 2023. The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar has released an official statement reporting that, on Wednesday, an additional three million doses of COVID-19 vaccines supplied by China arrived in Yangon. READ MORE
Regional AlertHCDC identifies genotype of EV71 causing severe hand-foot-mouth disease June 9, 2023By MBDS Team6 June 2023. HCMC Center for Disease Control (HCDC) informed that the genotype B5 of Enterovirus 71 EV71 was successfully detected (EV71) in three major children hospitals of the city. READ MORE
