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DDC warns of grim year for dengue

A Wang Thonglang district official sprays fogging chemicals in a residential area in Soi Lat Phrao 69 on Lat Phrao Road to prevent the spread of mosquitoes that cause dengue fever. (File photo)

Thailand is currently facing what many experts predict will become a severe dengue fever outbreak, with up to 150,000 infections a possibility by the end of the year, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).

Opas Karnkawinpong, permanent secretary for public health, said on Monday the number of dengue cases has already surged this year, with over 30,000 cases and 33 deaths recorded so far.

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