Yesterday, Thailand’s Public Health Ministry urged people to alert the ministry of any suspicions concerning an appearance of the Zika virus to help bring patients under special surveillance.

Department of Disease Control chief Dr Amnuay Gajeena said a video conference would be held soon with epidemiologists working in Asean countries plus China, South Korea and Japan to exchange information on Zika prevention and control.

The disease monitor would focus on four at-risk groups: pregnant women, patients seen with rashes in the same area at the same period of time, infants born with unusually small heads, and people with suspicious nervous symptoms. Other measures, such as destroying the Aedes mosquitoes and setting up disease screening checkpoints at airports would also be carried out.