Thai health authorities asked the young women in that country not to wear white elephant made of thin pants (leggings) black color in order to avoid dengue fever from mosquito bites. According to the local Health Ministry, the dark color on the pants which are popular among women in Thailand is very attractive to mosquitoes spreading dengue fever.
“The way people dress these days is very worrying, especially young children,” says Deputy Ministry of Public Health, Pansiri Kulanartsiri, in his statement on Sunday, August 8, 2010. He warned about the threat of the spread of dengue fever and warned that dengue-carrying mosquitoes attracted to a dark color clothes.
“I recommend that people no longer wear black leggings or other dark colored clothing to avoid attracting the attention of mosquitoes,” said Pansiri. Calling the leggings as a fashion phenomenon Korea, Pansiri adding that mosquitoes can bite through the skin with thin clothing. “Wear thick clothes like jeans, especially in times like the current rainy season,” said Pansiri.In the first seven months of this year, Thailand recorded 43 deaths and more than 45 thousand cases of dengue fever. The number increased by around 40 per cent from 31 929 cases and 30 cases of death in the same period last year.
Cases of dengue fever usually occurs during the rainy season which lasts from June until September in Thailand. Of the 43 deaths, 26 of them aged 10 to 24 years. This makes Thailand’s Health Ministry has warned the public about the dangers of pants worn leggings that many adolescents and young women lately.Dengue fever is an endemic disease in South Asia to East Asia, especially during the rainy season. Water is not flowing and clean urban environment that is not a fertile ground for mosquitoes to spread disease dengue fever
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