Health officials check a drinking water plant in Phuket after a diarrhoea outbreak in June 2023. (Photo: Achadthaya Chuenniran)
PHUKET: A diarrhoea outbreak in this southern resort island province is subsiding, while health officials have not yet determined its cause.
Dr Kittisak Aksornwong, inspector of the 11th Health Region, which covers Phuket, said on Thursday that the number of diarrhoea patients in Phuket began to rise on June 6, with 383 cases, and the cases peaked at 1,238 on June 9.
Starting from June 10, the number of patients started to decline, with 808 cases, followed by 659 cases on June 12 and 376 cases on June 13.
The largest group of patients, accounting for 26.23% of all cases, were aged 25-34 years old,…
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