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BANGKOK, July 20 (Xinhua) – The Thai Ministry of Public Health announced on Saturday that it would find measures to rapidly contain dengue, the number of cases of dengue infection having reached 49,174 since the beginning of 2019.
Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, during his Saturday visit to patients in hospitals in Loei Province, said that he had asked the national health agencies to install a surveillance system. Dengue fever throughout the country and report the number of new infections in case of outbreak.
"Local authorities and volunteers across the country will spray chemicals to kill mosquitoes," said Anutin, adding that "residents will be encouraged to destroy mosquito breeding areas in and around their homes. houses, because of the rainy season. "
The Department of Disease Control published its latest report of 4,503 new dengue cases in the first half of July, bringing the total number of cases this year to 49,174 cases and 64 deaths.
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