More than 2,000 people in Thailand were infected with malaria in the past three months, the Public Health Ministry said Thursday.

Malaria remains a threat in the deep South, especially Yala province, where the number of malaria cases has increased from 30 a year to 3,000 annually over the past several years because of the unrest in the area, Vector-Borne Disease Bureau director Dr Wichai Satimai said.

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