The Department of Disease Control (DDC) has opened an emergency operations centre (EOC) to reduce the number of dengue patients after more than 15,000 people were diagnosed in the first five months of this year alone.
That figure was 5.4 times more than during the same period last year. So far, there have been 13 deaths from the disease.
On Friday, DDC director-general, Dr Thares Krasanairawiwong, said Thailand is experiencing a surge in patients suffering from…
