BANGKOK (NNT) – Dengue fever is taken into account a harmful illness generally discovered within the wet season. The Ministry of Public Health has introduced the variety of dengue fever circumstances this yr might attain a 3-year excessive, whereas instructing native companies to chop down on the breeding cycle of mosquitoes, that are carriers of this illness.

The Ministry of Public Health has alerted most people that the variety of dengue fever circumstances in Thailand this yr could possibly be the best in three years, given the variety of circumstances reported up so far.

Dr. Opas Karnkawinpong, Permanent Secretary of Public Health, revealed there have to this point been 16,650 circumstances of dengue fever because the starting of this yr, which is many occasions larger than the earlier yr.

17 deaths have been reported to this point, lots of which have been amongst older individuals with underlying well being situations. The fatality charge amongst youthful individuals has decreased, thanks to raised well being precautions.

The everlasting secretary of public well being mentioned the early levels of dengue fever could possibly be tough to diagnose, because the illness shares many signs with different viral ailments reminiscent of COVID-19 and influenza. This similarity in signs usually leads to sufferers self-prescribing drugs, which is closely discouraged in circumstances of dengue fever, as this might result in deadly issues. Patients are strongly inspired to hunt medical consideration to get a correct prognosis, as a substitute of shopping for their medicine.

Data from the Bureau of Epidemiology exhibits most circumstances of dengue fever have been reported in Nan province, adopted by Trat, Chumphon, Chanthaburi, and Tak. Ten provinces have been categorized as high-risk dengue transmission zones, particularly Tak, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan, Bangkok, Chanthaburi, Trat, Phuket, Songkhla, Narathiwat, and Satun.

The Department of Disease Control has really helpful public well being authorities in these provinces to arrange an emergency operations middle, and to work with associated companies to eradicate breeding grounds of mosquitoes.

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Reporter : Tanakorn Sangiam

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