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**Shiloh** · March 4, 2013, 08:52 AM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingn...-asked-to-help

Dengue up, households asked to help
Published: 4 Mar 2013 at 11.36
Online news:

There has been a big rise in the number of people infected with dengue fever this year, with the number of cases up four-fold over the first two months of 2012, the Public Health Ministry said on Monday

Public Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong said there were 9,824 people treated for dengue during January and February, an average of around 1,000 patients a week. Half of the patients were students.

So far this year, 12 people had died from this disease...

**Shiloh** · March 11, 2013, 09:43 AM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

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Thais warned of dengue fever threat
Date : 11 มีนาคม 2556

Nakhon Ratchasima, 11 March 2013 (NNT) ? Nakhonratchasima Health Provincial Office is warning its residents to watch out for a possible threat of dengue fever during summer.

According to Nakhon Ratchasima's Public Health Chief Officer Doctor Wichai Kattiyawittayakul, as summer storm is hitting many areas of the province, there is a high risk of people catching dengue fever. 460 Have reportedly come down with the disease since January 1st of this year; fortunately, none of the case is fatal. There were 144 cases, with one death, reported last year, the doctor said...

**Shiloh** · March 17, 2013, 09:28 PM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

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Public Health stepping up dengue prevention following several deaths
Date : 17 มีนาคม 2556

BANGKOK, 17 March 2013 (NNT) - The Public Health Ministry has stepped up the dengue prevention measures and the mosquito control after a number of children younger than 14 years of age have reportedly died from the fever.

Permanent Secretary of Public Health Ministry Dr. Narong Sahametapat cited information from the Department of Disease Control in reporting that around13,000 people across the country have contracted dengue fever during the first 3 months of this year.

He said that dengue patients are found in every province of Thailand and that the latest records of around 1,000-1,500 new cases emerged each week are considered 4 times higher than last year...

**Shiloh** · March 21, 2013, 08:59 PM

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BMA warns dengue fever on the rise
Date : 21 มีนาคม 2556

BANGKOK, 21 March 2013 (NNT) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has warned that the number of dengue fever cases is on the rise in the capital, and the spread of the tropical disease is likely to be more serious this year.

The BMA?s health department has issued a statement saying that generally dengue fever, a mosquito-borne disease, tends to spread during the rainy season, but Bangkok has recently seen rising numbers of dengue infection during other seasons.

According to a report by the Disease Control Department, over 2,000 people have been infected with the disease since the beginning of this year. Last year, a total of 10,081 cases were reported, with 6 fatalities...

**Shiloh** · March 22, 2013, 07:45 AM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/dengue-...uket-38063.php

Dengue fever ?not a large problem? in Phuket

PHUKET: Phuket people don?t need to worry about an outbreak of dengue fever on the island at this stage, but should still remain vigilant, says the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPPHO).

Friday 22 March 2013, 04:50PM

A spokesperson for the Phuket Provincial Public Health Office?s Disease Control Group told The Phuket News that during 2012, one person died from dengue fever and 355 others reportedly caught the disease.

?So far this year, from January to March 15, there have been 63 reported cases in Phuket, but no deaths,? the spokesperson said.

But she said dengue fever was not a large problem in Phuket because there were not so many cases...

**Shiloh** · March 24, 2013, 09:16 PM

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Public Health Ministry warns nationwide schools to be vigilant about possible dengue attack
Sunday, 24 March 2013 By NNT

BANGKOK, 22 March 2013 The Public Health Ministry is warning nationwide schools to watch out for and do more against possible dengue fever spread after the new school year opens in a few months.

Advisor to the Minister of Public Health Pasit Sakdanarong said on Thursday it is forecast that between 120,000 and 150,000 people will fall prey to dengue fever, with more than 100 lives likely to succumb to the virus, this year...

**Shiloh** · March 28, 2013, 04:10 PM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

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BMA warns city residents against dengue risk and outbreak
Date : 29 มีนาคม 2556

BANGKOK, 29 March 2013 (NNT) ? The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is warning the city residents to beware of possible dengue outbreak and to exterminate all mosquito-breeding sites around them.

BMA?s Health Department Director Dr. Wantanee Wattana revealed on Thursday that there continue to be more dengue patients in Bangkok lately.

Dr. Wantanee said, during December 30, 2012 and March 23, 2013, a total of 2,622 people were diagnosed with dengue virus, with one killed by it. She stated that the latest statistics are 3 times higher than the past 5 years? average...

**Shiloh** · April 7, 2013, 03:17 PM

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Public Health Ministry worried about possible dengue epidemic after Songkran

Date : 8 เมษายน 2556
BANGKOK, 8 April 2013 (NNT) ? The Public Health Ministry is worried that the country may be hit by a dengue virus epidemic after the Songkran celebrations are over.

Deputy Permanent Secretary for Public Health Dr. Sopon Mekthon, as the chair of the ministry?s anti-dengue war room, said on Sunday that, during the past 2 weeks, there have been around 2,000 more dengue patients reported across the country.

He said the latest records show a slight decline from the months before, highly likely because of the summer school break.

From January to March, a total of 17,960 people were diagnosed with dengue virus while 20 were killed by it, according to the Public Health Ministry...

**Shiloh** · April 21, 2013, 03:18 PM

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Public Health Ministry worried over possible dengue epidemic during rainy

BANGKOK, 22 April 2013 (NNT) ? The Public Health Ministry is getting worried about a possible dengue fever epidemic during this year?s rainy season.

Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong said that, since the beginning of the year, there have been more than 20,000 dengue patients, 24 of them killed by the virus...

**Shiloh** · April 23, 2013, 07:00 AM

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Source: http://phuketnews.phuketindex.com/fe...er-196436.html

Phuket reports 323 cases of dengue fever
Written by Matthew | April 23, 2013

Phuket reports 323 cases of dengue feverOn 22nd April 2013 at Phuket Provincial Hall, Phuket Governor ? Maitree Intusut, Phuket Chief Medical Officer ? Dr Buncha Kakong and staff of the Ministry of Public Health joined a meeting to discuss the control of dengue fever in Phuket.

Mr Maitree said that so far his year there has been 323 confirmed cases of dengue fever in Phuket, 6.4 times higher than the same time last year. Most cases have been reported in Thalang followed by Kathu and Muang...
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Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-...rise-38888.php

Phuket dengue fever cases on the rise

PHUKET: The number of people who have died from dengue fever in Phuket this year stands at one ? a young Burmese girl ? but the number of confirmed cases on the island so far is more than double that of last year.

Naraporn Tuarob
Tuesday 23 April 2013, 03:08PM

A spokesman from Phuket Provincial Public Health Office (PPPHO) told The Phuket News today (April 23) there had been 122 confirmed cases of the disease reported this year between January 1 and April 18.

In the same period last year, there were 50 reported cases...

**Shiloh** · April 29, 2013, 10:51 AM

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Dengue fever on the rise in Thailand's upper parts
Date : 29 เมษายน 2556
B
ANGKOK, 29 April 2013 (NNT) - Authorities in the upper parts of Thailand have warned that the number of dengue fever cases is on the rise, with reports of fatalities in many provinces.

In the Northeast, at least 203 cases of dengue fever were reported in Nakhon Phanom from January to April of this year. Most cases occurred among teenagers and young adults while an 18-year-old girl in the province recently died from the fever...

**Ronan Kelly** · April 29, 2013, 03:14 PM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

From the above link;

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A total of 22,500 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Thailand since January this year, which is considered unusually high. 25 people in 16 provinces nationwide have died from the fever so far.

http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5604290010009

**Ronan Kelly** · May 2, 2013, 06:53 PM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

33 people die of dengue fever during Jan 1 to April 30

Date : 2 พฤษภาคม 2556
BANGKOK, 2 May 2013 (NNT) ? The Disease Control Department (DDC) has reported that 33 people have died of dengue fever, while trying to raise public awareness of the disease.

The Department of Disease Control under the Public Health Ministry has hosted an event to raise awareness of dengue fever.

According to Disease Control Department Director-General Pornthep Siriwanarangsan, over 26,000 cases of dengue fever have been reported during January 1st to April 30th; 33 of the patients died.
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http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5605030010006

**Ronan Kelly** · June 8, 2013, 05:51 AM

Re: Thailand: 2013 Dengue cases

Sharp rise in haemorrhage dengue fever

Pongphon Sarnsamak
The Nation June 8, 2013 5:27 pm
The drastic rise in haemorrhage dengue fever cases has prompted the Public Health Ministry to launch a massive nationwide campaign to cope with the situation.

There have been 44 deaths among the 39,029 patients in the past five months.

More than 23,000 schools nationwide have been instructed to eliminate mosquito-breeding sources such as water containers.

Revealing that about 50 per cent of the patients were children under-15, the Public Health Minister's permanent secretary, Dr Narong Sahamethaphat, expressed his concern over the rising number of people suffering from dengue fever and said the situation was very critical.

Only the past week, some 4,000 people had been affected, double the number in the previous two weeks.
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http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Sharp-rise-in-haemorrhage-dengue-fever-30207878.html

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