Three mpox cases found in Thailand

FILE PHOTO: Three new mpox cases were found in Thailand this week.

Three new cases of mpox have been identified in Thailand, bringing the total number of infections to 18 since the virus was declared to be an infectious disease requiring special surveillance in May of last year. “Mpox” has replaced the word “monkeypox” as the World Health Organisation advised changing to quell a rise in related racist and stigmatising language associated with monkeypox.

All three of the cases are male patients between the ages of 21 and 40, and they are being treated at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).

Two of the men were close Thai friends, and one is a foreigner. The mpox cases were identified quickly and authorities believe the men were isolated in the hospital before they spread it to anyone…