Disease Control Department director-general Dr Amnuay Gajeena assured people that the spread of Zika is still under control in Thailand.

“It’s far different from the Zika situation in South America,” he said, but he warned people to avoid mosquito bites, which transmit the disease

While the Zika virus usually causes a mild fever, skin rash, conjunctivitis, muscle and joint pain, malaise, or a headache, it can be fatal in severe cases. Recent scientific evidence has also linked the Zika virus to microcephaly and Guillain-Barre syndrome.