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The Department of Disease Control has warned people to beware of dengue fever during this rainy season after more than 25,000 people caught the fever and 15 died.

As the Covid-19 crisis eases in Thailand, alarm is growing over a nationwide outbreak of deadly dengue fever that has sickened almost 6,000 children so far this year.

Eleven people have been killed and more than 14,000 sickened by a nationwide dengue fever outbreak that has been super-charged by the onset of the rainy season.

The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is warning people to beware of dengue fever, after rains in several regions of Thailand has resulted in an abundance of mosquitos.

Dengue fever has so far this year claimed 89 lives and affected 81,500 people in Thailand, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said on Monday (September 9) as it called on members of the public to help destroy mosquito breeding grounds and also dispatched officials to fumigate several areas.

With Thailand facing its worst dengue outbreak in half a decade, people of all ages have been advised to protect themselves from mosquito bites and control the Aedes aegypti mosquito population.

Thai authorities warned the public on Monday against Godzilla, a mosquito repellent brand imported from Myanmar, following reports that three puppies had died after inhaling its fumes.

More than 18 per cent of Bangkok’s total area remain unutilised and a possible ground for mosquito breeding.

Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha took part in an effort to get rid of mosquito breeding grounds at Government House on Wednesday. 

Mahidol University has successfully conducted research on a two-step sterilisation technique for the Aedes mosquito genus and now wants to establish the world’s first “farm” or factory to sterile the disease-carrying insects.

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed health agencies to call on the public to destroy mosquito-breeding areas every seven days.