금년 뎅기열 감염자 120,000명을 기록할 듯 ( 7월 8일자 방콕포스트 인터넷판)
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금년 뎅기열 감염자 120,000명을 기록할 듯 (방콕포스트 인터넷판)
Dengue cases could hit 120,000
- Published: 8 Jul 2013 at 12.22
- Online news: Health
The Public Health Ministry is launching a campaign to
fight a sharp upsurge in dengue fever, which officials fear could hit a record
high of 120,000 cases this year, reports said Monday.
In the past week, 5,276 new dengue fever cases and six deaths have been
recorded throughout the country, with the highest concentration of cases in the
northern region, state broadcaster MCOT reported.
Public Health Minister Pradit Sintavanarong said the campaign will employ
more than a million volunteers from July 10-17 to combat mosquitoes in
residential areas, schools and temples while educating people about the
disease.
A file photo of the Aedes mosquito, which transmits the virus that causes
dengue fever.
Dengue, also called haemorrhagic fever, is transmitted by the Aedes mosquito,
which thrives in places where stagnant water is present, such as old tyres or
empty bottles and in wet bathrooms and water tanks.
Opas Karnkavinpong, deputy director general of the Department of Disease
Control, said it was working to keep the number of infections below 100,000 this
year, but it could reach as high as 120,000.
There have been 59,318 reported cases and 68 deaths so far this year.
For the whole of 2012, 74,250 people were infected with the disease
nationwide, with 79 deaths, according to the Department of Disease Control.
Dengue has been on the rise for several years in Southeast Asia, but health
officials have warned that recent cases reported in such diverse locations as
Madeira, Portugal, Nice, France, and Miami, Florida, could be attributed to
global warming and the consequent expansion of breeding grounds for Aedes
mosquitoes.
