The Department of Disease Control (DDC) is warning that this year’s seasonal outbreak of dengue may be more severe than usual, following three early deaths in 2022 — already half the tally for the whole of 2021.
“Every year the incidence of dengue, along with that of other diseases such as diarrhoea and heat stroke, rises sharply as summer approaches,” said Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the DDC, on Sunday.
“Last year only six people died because of dengue while this year three dengue deaths have been reported in just the first three months,” he said.
These deaths were all among patients who were either recovering from, or were being actively treated for, Covid-19, he said.
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) were found to be a contributing factor in the severity of the mosquito-borne disease in the deaths, he said.
As a result, those who…
