CityNews – Confusion over sand flies and a connection to leishmaniasis has been debunked by doctors of Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital after concerns the disease had affected over twenty people in Chiang Mai, sparking many to worry on social media."
" It was reported that thousands of people - up to about 7,000 in some cases - had sought medical treatment for illnesses caused by the haze each day the past week in the eight upper northern provinces.
Deputy Health Minister Somsak Chunharas yesterday visited Chiang Mai where up to 3,000 haze-affected residents sought treatment each day last week.
Somsak instructed the provincial health office to provide 200,000 facemasks to affected people.
Chiang Mai Chamber of Commerce deputy chairman Wittaya Krongsap, a member of the Chiang Mai-based private sector committee tackling haze, said the annual problem did not mainly stem from outdoor burning in communities or cross-border wildfire smoke."