Thai hotels urge strict mpox screening amid tourism, economy concerns


BANGKOK: The Thai Hotels Association has urged the Public Health Ministry to implement stringent screening measures for mpox patients to prevent potential disruptions to the tourism industry.

Thienprasit Chaiyapatranun, the association’s president, said on Friday (Aug 23) that the hotel industry was concerned after Thailand reported its first case of a more severe variant of the highly infectious virus mpox clade 1B on Wednesday.

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