Chonburi Province Warns of Dengue Fever Outbreak and Requests Public Cooperation

Sriracha news center​ – Chonburi province warns 2 districts in the area to deal with the dengue fever situation. After the tendency to find patients up to the level that meets the open criteria, the EOC reveals the number of patients throughout the province from the beginning of 2023 to the beginning of June, with 783 cases, 2 deaths.

Today (4 June. ) Chonburi Provincial Public Health Office Report data on the number of dengue patients in Chonburi Province from January 1 to June 3, 2023 that Chonburi Province has accumulated 783 patients, representing a sickness rate of 49.71 per hundred thousand population.

And from the report of the surveillance system (506), it was found that this week in Chonburi Province, there were 25 more dengue patients. death 0.26 percent

It was found that the age group with the highest morbidity rate was the 25-34 age group, followed by the 15-24-year-old group, while the occupational group with the high morbidity rate was students, up to 31.29 percent, followed by the group of people with high morbidity rates. 26.31% of them are self-employed. The results of laboratory tests in the deceased found dengue virus strains DENV-2 and DENV-3.

In addition, it was found that patients in the adult group are at risk of dying because they may be at risk from underlying diseases. or overweight receive treatment late and have a history of taking NSAIDs

While the situation in the past 4 weeks has found two districts that have met the criteria for opening the EOC (Emergency Operations Center, EOC), namely Sattahip District and Si Racha District.

after it was found that there was a tendency to find more patients which is 1.9 times higher than the 5-year median and 3.1 times higher than 2022 during the same period. And there is a tendency to report high cases from the first week onwards.

Chonburi Provincial Public Health Office requesting cooperation from the public to help reduce mosquito breeding sites in important places such as schools, hospitals, the HI and CI values ​​must be 0, as well as requesting cooperation from pharmacies to monitor the dispensing of risky drugs to suspected patients. It will also be a hemorrhagic fever.