Rainy season has ended, but the Pattaya area’s dengue fever problem persists.
Dengue infections multiply during rainy season due to flooding and standing water that disease-carrying mosquitos use to breed, but usually subside once dry season hits. Not this year.
Public-health workers were out last week spraying pesticide and distributing abate across the city, educating users that the threat remains.
Health officials noted that many residents believe the city should fog the sewers, but workers pointed out that the mosquitos that breed in sewers are a different species than those that carry the dengue virus.
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