BANGKOK, Feb 4 (TNA) – The Public Health Ministry has
launched a “Big Cleaning Week” campaign to promote sanitation at public places
amid the coronavirus outbreak.
In the wake of novel coronavirus outbreak, Public Health
Ministry’s Permanent Secretary Dr. Sukhum Kanchanapimai said the campaign was aimed
to increase public awareness on infectious disease prevention.
Big Cleaning Week would involve health officials and
volunteers helping people improve sanitation and hygiene of public bus, taxi,
train, offices, restaurants and so on, he said.
Meanwhile, face mask shortage has been reported at some
locations as the government decided to put face mask along with hand sanitizer
on the price control list.
Whichai Phochanakij, Director-General of the Internal Trade
Department of the Commerce Ministry, said
manufacturers, distributors, exporters and importers had to inform the
Department the production cost, sales prices, production volume, export and
import volume and stocks as wells as price labels.
It is the latest measures to deal with the virus outbreak
which the Ministry has said will be temporary ones.
The demand for the face masks has surged to 50 million
pieces per month after the new virus outbreak from 30 million pieces a month
previously, according to the Ministry.
Thailand produces about 30 million pieces of face mask a
month.
The Department of Disease Control on Tuesday confirmed six
more cases of new coronavirus in Thailand, four Thais and two Chinese tourists,
bringing the country’s total to 25. (TNA)
