Thailand: Dengue Fever Not Letting Up, Tsunami False Alarm

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | December 20th, 2005 | Trackback

The rainy season should be over in Thailand but it has continued, especially in the south where massive flooding has occurred in Hat Yai and elsewhere. The dengue fever outbreak continues unabated, with numbers up over last year. Health officials worry that next year’s outbreak, which typically peaks in July at the height of the rainy season, will be worse than this year. Cases of the disease in Malaysia and Singapore were much higher this year than in previous years, and Thai officials are concerned that the disease is on the rise.

In other news, a year after the devastating tsunami struck here, a siren warning system is in place in 39 of 62 planned locations along the Andaman coast, with the rest expected to be installed by February. On Dec. 14 a false alarm spread panic among tourists and residents in Krabi, Phangnga, Phuket, Ranong, Satun, and Trang when a technician pushed the wrong button. In the scramble to high ground, several car accidents occurred.

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