Department of Medical Sciences ready to test for “plague”; results within 24 hours if a suspected patient is found in Thailand
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- Confirmed (🇹🇭) was ready to test suspected plague cases.1
- Confirmed 's Department of Medical Sciences said results could be returned within 24 hours for suspected plague cases in Thailand.1
- Confirmed (🇹🇭) had a BSL-3 laboratory for testing high-risk pathogens.1
- Confirmed Thailand's Department of Medical Sciences could diagnose Yersinia pestis, the bacterium that causes plague.1
- Confirmed Thailand's Department of Medical Sciences said pneumonic plague could spread between people through respiratory droplets.1