(Unsplash) The threat of dengue fever remains a serious threat that shouldn't be ignored. For this reason, AnaKalusugan Party-list Rep. Ray Reyes stressed the importance of promoting early consultations to help curb the rising cases of dengue fever in the country. "Malaking bagay po ang proper...
COTABATO CITY (PNA) – Twenty students of a public school in M’lang town in North Cotabato have tested positive for the dengue virus, an official said on Tuesday, June 6. M’lang rural health unit dengue coordinator Minerva Suriaga said 27 students of New Rizal High School had earlier manifested...
Infectious disease specialist Dr. Rontgene Solante said in a briefing on Tuesday, June 6, that lack of awareness of dengue symptoms and late consultation are among the leading causes of dengue-related deaths in the country. Photo courtesy of Pixabay "Napaka-importante ng awareness kung merong...
GENERAL SANTOS CITY – Local health authorities have allayed fears of a possible outbreak of dengue amid the rising cases of the dreaded disease here. City health Officer Lalaine Calonzo stressed that there was no basis for the declaration of an outbreak despite the 501 percent increase of dengue...
Despite the hot and humid weather in the country, the Makati City local government is already anticipating the coming rainy season and with it, the dengue season. According to Makati City Mayor Abby Binay, the city government has already started its anti-dengue cleanup drives in the different parts...
Filipinos were reminded by the Department of Health (DOH) to check and clean possible mosquito-breeding sites as dengue is also prominent this dry season. Many people will think that dengue “would only happen during the rainy season. But that is not the case,” said DOH Officer-in-Charge and...
The Para ñaque City local government will conduct a synchronized clean-up drive and fogging activities on April 3 and 4 in the city’s six barangays with reported dengue cases. Mayor Eric Olivarez said the clean-up and fogging drives will be conducted at Barangays BF Homes in Samaploc Site...
Parañaque Mayor Eric Olivarez issued a memorandum on March 24 alerting the residents on the alarming increase of dengue cases in the city. The mayor issued the memorandum after 10 dengue cases were reported in the city from March 5 to18. Olivarez said the city has already reached the alert...
Muntinlupa tallied 33 cases of dengue from January to Feb. 7 this year which are higher compared to the same period last year. Data from the Muntinlupa City Health Office (CHO) showed that of the 33, seven were recorded in Barangay Putatan, followed by Alabang, six; Ayala Alabang and Poblacion,...
Muntinlupa City recorded the fourth lowest number of dengue cases in the National Capital Region (NCR) in one week. Data showed that from Jan. 1 to 7 this year, Muntinlupa registered seven dengue cases with zero deaths. Past fogging operation in Muntinlupa (Photo from Muntinlupa CHO) Symptoms of...
BACOLOD CITY – The number of dengue cases here last year went up by 190 percent, the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) said. THE Aedes Aegypti mosquito that transmits dengue. Dr. Grace Tan, CESU head, said they recorded a total of 1,020 cases, including 14 deaths, in 2022, 189.8...
BACOLOD CITY – This city has logged almost 600 dengue cases from January to October, an increase of 195.7 percent compared to the same period last year. Data released by the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (CESU) said a total of 890 dengue cases with 13 fatalities were recorded as of...
