Phuket safe, dengue growth slows in May amidst soaring fears online

By Anton Makhrov

 

A graph included in the DDC report shows that the number of dengue infections nationwide during the first four months of the year was well above average, but the number of infections for May was not. Image: MoPH / DDC

 

PHUKET:-- While some media reports are erroneously claiming that the arrival of the monsoon season rains in the past few weeks has seen the number of dengue infections across the country double, the rate of infections in Phuket has in fact fallen.

 

Further, the drop in the number of dengue infections in Phuket has seen the tourism island lose its top spot in the country for the number of infections per 100,000, falling to the seventh highest in the country.

 

The news follows the Ministry of Public Health’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) late last week issuing its dengue infection report for Week 20 of the year, calculated by the DDC as ending on May 28.

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-safe-dengue-growth-slows-in-may-amidst-soaring-fears-online-71646.php#YV42euT7IEmHyetQ.97

 

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Of course it,s safe. Wouldn,t be good for tourism if it wasn,t !

Wonder if the traffic accidents and fatalities due to accidents slowed in the same period......