Whooping cough (pertussis) is spreading among small children in Thailand’s three southernmost provinces, with more than 1,000 cases being recorded so far. Of these, seven have died.

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Yala provincial governor, Ampon Pongsuwan, said today that, in Yala alone, 158 cases h have been diagnosed among young children aged under 7 and pregnant women, two of whom have died.

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By Thai PBS World