Bangkok Metropolitan Administration warns that the number of dengue fever cases could rise this year, with Lat Phrao highlighted as the highest-risk district. The other high-risk districts include Chatuchak, Din Daeng, Wangthonglang, Bang Kapi, Suan Luang, Prawet, Wattana, Bang Phlad and Thon Buri. Read more: The Nation
NONTHABURI, 20 January 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has stepped up its dengue fever prevention campaign, following signs that the number of patients will likely increase this year. Permanent Secretary of Public Health Sopon Mekthon disclosed that the number of dengue fever cases from January 1-11 has reached 583 patients across […]
Actor Tridsadee “Por” Sahawong died peacefully at 11.50 am on Monday after suffering from dengue fever. Ramathibidi hospital doctor said his right lung was also infected forcing his critical condition to worsen. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
THAI researchers expect a vaccine for all strains of dengue haemorrhagic fever will be available in the next five years. Suthee Yoksan, director of Centre for Vaccine Development at Mahidol University’s Institute of Molecular Bio-sciences, reported yesterday on the progress of a vaccine for dengue, which it has been working on since 2009. Read more: […]
BANGKOK, 16 October 2015 (NNT) – The Prime Minister has urged emergency centers across the country to make sure that the public is safe from the dengue outbreak. Spokesman of the Prime Minister’s Office Maj. Gen. Sunsern Kaewkumnerd said today that Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is worried about the well-being of the people due to […]
The situation of dengue fever this year is getting worse with the number of victims likely to double that of last year, said public health permanent secretary Dr Narong Sahamethapat over the weekend. For the first eight months of this year until August 18, the number of victims afflicted with dengue fever was registered at […]
BANGKOK, 10 August 2015 (NNT)-The Department of Disease Control has issued a series of warning against the spread of Dengue fever during the rainy season. According to the Department’s weekly disease monitoring report, an outbreak tends to rise steadily thanks to the frequent rainfall all over the country, causing water-logging where Aedes mosquitoes, carriers of […]
Dengue fever is spreading in Krabi province with over 400 people having been infected by the mosquito-borne disease and one has died from the infection. Krabi public health officer Dr Manas Sophonpong said dengue infection has become serious now in Krabi as rainy season is approaching. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
