{"id":2409,"date":"2025-07-18T06:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2409\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:23:11","slug":"high-patient-numbers-in-three-provinces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/2409\/","title":{"rendered":"High Patient Numbers in Three Provinces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thai health authorities are urging heightened vigilance as the Zika virus continues to spread across the country during the current rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Disease Control, under the Ministry of Public Health, today issued a warning about the increase in cases, with particular concern for three provinces reporting high patient numbers: Phayao, Bangkok, and Maha Sarakham.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zika virus infection, primarily transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, typically presents with mild symptoms such as a low-grade fever, rash, joint pain, and red eyes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the virus poses a significant threat to pregnant women, as an infection can lead to severe foetal abnormalities, most notably microcephaly, a condition characterised by an abnormally small head.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To combat the spread of the virus, the public is advised to follow essential preventive measures, focusing on eliminating mosquito breeding grounds and protecting themselves from bites.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 Thai health authorities are urging heightened vigilance as the Zika virus continues to spread across the country&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[64,63,137,3726,3727,3724,3725,3723],"class_list":["post-2409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-health-news","tag-patient","tag-rainy-season","tag-thailand","tag-zika-virus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}