South Thailand facing more dengue, chikungunya

14 February 2019

Phuket along with four southern provinces are the top five reporting chikungunya currently - Pattalung, Pattani, Songkhla and Narathiwat. A Disease Forecast issued by the Department of Disease Control in late January advised that recent rainfall was expected to maintain dengue fever transmission in the south in particular, mentioning Songkhla, Pattani, Phuket, Nakhon Pathom and Nakhon Si Thammarat as having the highest incidence rates. Read more.

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