Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015) · dangerous communicable disease

Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: The names and presenting symptoms of dangerous communicable diseases (No.2), B.E. 2561 (2018)

Published in the Government Gazette 7 February B.E. 2561 (2018); in force from 8 February B.E. 2561 (2018)

By virtue of section 5 and section 6 (1) of the Communicable Diseases Act, B.E. 2558 (2015), the Minister of Public Health by and with the advice of the National Communicable Disease Committee, hereby issues the following Notification:

Clause 1. The following provision shall be added as item 13 of clause 1 of the Notification of the Ministry of Public Health Re: the name and presenting symptoms of dangerous communicable diseases, B.E. 2559 (2016):

“(13) Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB) means tuberculosis that is resistant to four categories of anti-tuberculosis drugs, namely: Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Fluoroquinolones, and second-line injectable drugs. Symptoms may include a chronic cough or hemoptysis, loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, fever, chest pain, and shortness of breath. The disease is transmissible to others. In severe cases, respiratory failure may occur, which may result in death.”

Clause 2. This Notification shall come into force on the day following the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.

Announced on the 22nd Day of January B.E. 2561 (2018)

Piyasakol Sakolsatayadorn

Minister of Public Health

Unofficial English translation by the Division of Legal Affairs, Department of Disease Control (August 2025), book page 53; the Thai text prevails.