BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has reported that the critical period of the acute gastroenteritis outbreak here has passed. The city government is now focusing on the pathogens that caused the disease as well as the source and circumstances of the contamination. HEALTH personnel...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Jan. 15, explained the difference between “diarrhea” and “gastroenteritis” amid the outbreak in Baguio City. (Photo from Pexels) DOH Spokesperson Undersecretary Eric Tayag, in a radio interview, provided insights into the distinctions between...
Senator Christopher “Bong” Go has urged the Department of Health to intensify its information drive regarding the outbreak of acute gastroenteritis in Baguio City. Go, chairperson of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography, said it is critical for the agency to identify the...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has underscored the need for the creation of a Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control following the declaration of a gastroenteritis outbreak in Baguio City. Gatchalian is a co-author of the proposed Philippine Center for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC)...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has recorded almost 3,000 cases of acute gastroenteritis here. It has received 2,915 cases as of 2:20 p.m. on January 12 and 652 patients sought consultation in health facilities with 65.2 percent still symptomatic. Majority or 62.1 percent of...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office reported 2,764 acute gastroenteritis here as of January 12. ART card showing how an individual can get infected with gastroenteritis. (DOH-Cordillera) This was 500 more than Thursday, January 11. READ:...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has recorded 2,199 cases of acute gastroenteritis as of 11 a.m. on Thursday, January 11. Mayor Benjamin Magalong declared an outbreak after 1,609 acute gastroenteritis incidents were recorded here on Wednesday, January 10. Magalong said that he...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Epidemiology Surveillance Unit of the City Health Services Office has recorded 1,500 cases of acute gastroenteritis here since December 21 and the city government is investigating to determine the cause. MAGALONG (Baguio City PIO) Mayor Benjamin Magalong has met the health...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has warned the public against contaminated drinking water after 350 individuals were treated in hospitals for acute gastroenteritis here since December 21. Acting City Health Officer Dr. Celia Flor Brillantes said they are conducting an...
DUMAGUETE CITY (PNA) – At least 192 people, including young children, suffered from gastroenteritis symptoms while a fifth death has been reported in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, a health official said on Thursday, Feb. 9. Acting Provincial Health Office (PHO) chief Dr. Liland Estacion said in...
The outbreak of gastroenteritis in Dinagat Islands has finally been addressed more than nearly weeks since it was first reported following the onslaught of typhoon “Odette.” MMDA personnel deploy water purification equipment in areas affected by typhoon "Odette." (Courtesy of MMDA) “Days...
