Thailand's Ministry of Health distributes 500,000 masks in the North 8 Provinces

According to the report of Thailand’s “World News” on February 26, the Thai Ministry of Health sent 500,000 masks to the eight northern provinces to distribute to local people, especially the elderly and the infirm, to strengthen protection measures against smog weather conditions. Inhalation of dust particles and illness.

Thai Vice Minister of Health Wang Shili said the day before yesterday when she was inspecting the work in Chiang Rai, the northern government of Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Lamphun, Phajung, Mae Hong Son, Lampang, Phrae and Nangfu, etc. Under the influence of more severe smog weather, the situation of air particulates exceeding the standard deteriorated continuously, posing a greater threat to people's health. To this end, the Ministry of Health decided to send 500,000 masks to the health stations and hospitals at all levels of the eight governments in the north to distribute them to the elderly and the infirm, and to strengthen protection measures to prevent inhalation of smoke. Therefore, children, senior citizens, patients with respiratory diseases, heart patients, etc. should pay special attention to wearing masks to prevent them from being exposed to air pollution. At the same time, all localities must step up measures to control the burning of wasteland and burning garbage, to avoid damaging the forest and to bring greater pollution to the air.

Dr. Ma Bin, director of the Disease Control Department, said that since this year, it has been monitored that Lampang and Lamphun have four days each, and Chiang Rai has one day when the particulate content of air is exceeded. The number of patients with respiratory diseases admitted to hospitals around the country also increased. The most common diseases were allergies. In February, the statistical data showed that the weekly incidence rate was 85 per 100,000, which was more than 10 times the rate in January; bronchitis and other respiratory diseases The weekly incidence rate reached a level of 300/100,000.