Typhus has claimed a second victim in a month among the Maniq forest tribe of Phatthalung’s Pa Bon district, district chief Phudit Chanawanno said on Monday while attending the funeral.

A child has died and at least five others are bed-ridden following an outbreak of malaria that has hit a group of Maniq or Mani tribal people in the forest in Phatthalung's Pa Bon district over the past two months.