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Thailand on Sunday upgraded its monkeypox alert to the national level after an emergency meeting of health agencies and the public health minister.

The third-highest alert against a scorching heat wave was issued nationwide on Saturday, 18 days earlier compared to last year.

MANILA, Philippines — Metro Manila and 38 other areas will be under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to March 15, Malacañang said Sunday.

The Ministry of Public Health on Monday predicted that infection levels in Thailand will remain high for 1-2 weeks as a result of social gatherings, and urged all provinces to adhere to the level 4 Covid-19 alert to prevent case overload.

The Buriram governor announced the province is on full alert in an attempt to keep Covid-19 from spreading, with Buriram United president Newin Chidchob posting the announcement on his Facebook page today (March 16).

Ten villagers in two tambon in this Southern province are being monitored for possible infection with the rabies virus, a veterinarian of the Krabi Livestocks Development Office said Wednesday.

Twenty-seven people have died from dengue hemorrhagic fever in Thailand so far this year, the highest fatality rate for the same time period in the past five years.

Air pollution is expected to get worse in Bangkok on Friday following a slight improvement in weather conditions on Thursday.

Carita, Indonesia - Indonesia on Thursday raised the danger alert level for an erupting volcano that sparked a killer tsunami at the weekend, after previously warning that fresh activity at the crater threatened to trigger another deadly wave.

THE PUBLIC has been warned to beware of hackers accessing Facebook accounts to dupe others to send money using e-wallets.

Trang Governor Siripat Patkul on Tuesday warned residents in four districts to brace for possible flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain.

Phang Nga has warned tour operators to monitor rainfall when they take tourists to visit caves in the southern province.