Thailand warns of rise in dengue fever
Thailand warns of rise in dengue fever
BANGKOK: — A top Thai health official Friday warned of a surge in dengue fever after the mosquito-borne disease killed six people and infected nearly 6,000 this year.
“It is likely that dengue fever will be more severe this year than last year,” Thawat Suntrajarn, director-general of the disease control department at the public health ministry, told Agence France-Presse.
The disease has already killed six and sickened more than 5,800 since the beginning of this year, Thawat said, warning that the number of new infections could surge during Thailand’s rainy seasons from June to August.
Thailand has suffered 1,000 more cases than during the same period of last year, he said.
In 2007, dengue fever killed 91 people and infected more than 63,000 in Thailand, according to official data.
Dengue is usually associated with poorer tropical countries. The disease leads to a sudden onset of fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pains, and rashes.
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12 killed by dengue fever this year
The dengue fever has already killed 12 patients in the country this year.
“When compared with the same period a year earlier, the number of dengue fever patients has increased by 80 per cent,” Public Health Minister Chaiya Sasomsap said Monday.
>From January 1 to April 19 this year, up to 10,901 people caught the dengue fever.
Last year, the dengue fever claimed 75 lives.
Chaiya instructed all public health offices across the country to seriously eradicate mosquito breeding grounds.
Mosquitoes are the carriers of the denguefever disease.