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Wildlife checkpoints nationwide have been told to step up checking of imported wild animals to prevent them from bringing monkeypox into Thailand, Ratchada Suriyakul na Ayutthaya, director-general of the National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, said on Wednesday.

A leading virologist of Chulalongkorn University on Wednesday played down worries about monkeypox, saying the chance is very low of it becoming a pandemic like the Covid-19 virus.

Monkeypox is now spreading through human-to-human contact, a leading virologist warned on Monday.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has issued guidelines on how people can protect themselves against becoming infected with monkeypox.

Ramathibodi Hospital’s Centre for Genomics said it has successfully sequenced the genome of monkeypox and is confident it can come up with test kits within two weeks.

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) has set up a Public Health Emergency Centre to monitor the global spread of monkeypox and tighten monitoring at its border. The disease has so far spread to 15 countries, with more than 100 confirmed cases.

Phetchaburi has swung into action to defuse a population explosion among monkeys that is increasingly impacting human residents and tourists.

Though few tourists media showed up to watch Lopburi’s monkeys feasting on Sunday, the guests of honour did not give a damn as they swarmed around tables piled high with treats.

Lopburi Inn served up a feast of fruits and Thai sweets for monkeys on Sunday in a bid to get them ready for the Monkey Buffet Festival scheduled for November 28.

A wild monkey has taken residence at a farm in Lopburi and is working for her keep by herding 60 cows to the fields in the morning and bringing them back in the evening.

Looking up they saw a monkey taking a joy ride. Here’s a glimpse.

Though Lopburi’s Monkey Buffet Festival is scheduled to be held on November 28, a local resident has been keeping the simian population well fed.