Public asked to help cut down dengue, Zika virus spread

  

NONTHABURI, 7 September 2016 (NNT) – The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) is asking the general public to help prevent the spread of diseases by mosquitoes during the rainy season through the elimination of their breeding spots. Pregnant women are encouraged to fully utilize herbal mosquito repellents. 

The MOPH’s Spokesman Suwannachai Wattanayingcharoenchai admitted after the Emergency Operation Centers meeting, that the amount of mosquitoes in the rainy season is increasing, coinciding with the higher number of dengue patients. Authorities had recorded 35,872 new patients and 28 casualties during 1 January to 30 August this year. 

The MOPH has ordered all related agencies to eliminate the breeding spot of mosquitoes, and also advises the general public provide a helping hand by tidying up their houses, removing all garbage, and empty or cover all open water containers such as water tanks, jars, vase, and pots. Mosquitoes are known carriers of various diseases including dengue, Chikungunya fever, and Zika virus. 

On concerns regarding the spread of Zika virus in Thailand, the MOPH spokesman had assured the general public to trust the MOPH’s prevention protocols which combined both the administrative and military sectors. 

He assured that laboratories across Thailand are capable of verifying the virus within a day, and the MOPH currently deploys fast-response units for immediate mobilization to suspected infection sites, in order to half virus outbreak and limit the number of patients. 

Patients infected with Zika virus often show non-acute symptoms such as fever, rashes, red eyes, and joints pain which usually subside within 2-7 days. Patients are encouraged to seek medical attention if the symptoms last longer then expected, and request for more information through the Department of Disease Control hotline 1422.

 

-- nnt 2016-09-07

I feel so much better now! knowing the "general public" is on the job! The avaerage Thai house is a veritable breeding ground for mossies!

I have been reading this basically since the dawn of time!

Every year, the public is asked to look out for potential mossie - breeding grounds and @#$% all is happening!

 

Suppose it's too much to expect BMA to act? For example, the large plot of land at Nana BTS ( across the Soi from the new Q building going up). For DECADES it has been a kind of cesspit area: street vendors outdoor toilet, place for people sleeping rough, rubbish dump..... But all the while a mosquito breeding ground. Still is today. 

The multi-millionaire/billionaire owners do nothing except inconvenience everyone else, BMA does nothing. 

Do mosquitoes breed in rice paddies?

 

Yesterday it was suggested that risky sex practises may have been a cause of zika and also that there was no spread of the disease in Thailand.

 

I hope they work it out soon.

2 hours ago, maoro2013 said:

Yesterday it was suggested that risky sex practises may have been a cause of zika and also that there was no spread of the disease in Thailand.

 

Sex near mosquitos is not recommended and very risky

Huh? I thought that some highly placed official (a deputy PM? who should know) said there was no spread?   

 

Must be some sort of "competition of incompetency" going on 

 

This is the sort of "battle" that the Thai Army should be fighting!