Via International Travel Insurance Journal: Dengue fever death in Phuket raises concerns. Excerpt:
An expatriate resident of Phuket is reported to have died from mosquito-borne dengue fever in April, the first such death on the island this year.
Although deaths from the disease on Phuket are comparatively rare, the director of the Phuket Provincial Health Office, Dr Sak Tenchaikul, is warning of an increase in cases in 2012.
The total number of confirmed cases this year is already over 150 – a significant increase from 2011 – and Sak is advising residents and tourists to take necessary precautions such as adding fish to ponds and not allowing pools of water to collect, as mosquitoes tend to breed in those areas. Local authorities will usually fumigate to rid infested areas of mosquitoes.
