Rising Zika virus cases alarm health officials in Phuket

[snoop1130]

 

Phuket’s Provincial Health Office (PPHO) sounded the alarm over rising cases of Zika virus, particularly in Rawai, Phuket. The warning was triggered by a long-standing expatriate, expressing alarm over the increasing number of infections in the Saiyuan area.

 

In response to these concerns, the Rawai Municipality took swift action, testing all occupants of one house. The expatriates detailed their efforts.

“They fogged the house and surrounding areas, including a nearby kindergarten.”

 

The kindergarten has been identified as a potential transmission hotspot, as a family whose child attends the school confirmed at least one case of the virus.

 

The PPHO’s warning provided vital information about the virus. It is primarily transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, notorious for spreading dengue fever and chikungunya. Although mosquito bites are the main cause of transmission, the virus can also be passed on through blood, such as from an infected mother to her fetus.

 

The warning also explained the incubation period of the Zika virus, typically ranging from four to seven days following a mosquito bite. Symptoms are usually mild and last between two to seven days, comprising fever, rash, conjunctivitis, muscle pain, joint pain, fatigue, and headache.

 

By Mitch Connor

Caption: Picture courtesy of Rawai Municipality

 

Full story: The Thaiger 2023-11-23

 

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[FarAway]

"Symptoms are usually mild and last between two to seven days, comprising fever, rash, conjunctivitis, muscle pain, joint pain, fatigue, and headache."

 

How do you even know you have this "DANGEROUS" Zika-Virus when having these symptoms? People in Thailand are so hypochondriac. 

[LosLobo]

37 minutes ago, FarAway said:

"Symptoms are usually mild and last between two to seven days, comprising fever, rash, conjunctivitis, muscle pain, joint pain, fatigue, and headache."

 

How do you even know you have this "DANGEROUS" Zika-Virus when having these symptoms? People in Thailand are so hypochondriac. 

I would suggest that Zika can be a very 'DANGEROUS' disease for pregnant woman and their children.

 

Maybe google 'photos of babies born with Zika'.

Edited November 23, 2023 by LosLobo

[bwanajohn]

It's a very serious disease for young children can result in severe disability.