International Journal of Preventive Medicine (Int J Prev Med)2008-78021172020090920087802ENPrivate Academic Practice, BangkokHonorary Professor, Dr DY Patil University, Pune, Maharashtra & Visiting Professor, Hainan Medical University, Haikou, China20200909Dear Editor,<br />COVID‑19 is a new emerging coronavirus infection that becomes global public health problem in year 2020. This disease first appeared in China in 2019 before the spreading worldwide occurred. At present (3 March 2020), more than 45 countries around the world are already affected by COVID‑19 Thailand is a tropical country in Southeast where COVID‑19 was first imported from China and became the second country in the world that disease emerged.http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/view/2290http://ijpm.mui.ac.ir/index.php/ijpm/article/download/2290/717718132