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MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue Metropolis Well being Workplace (CHO) has reported a ten % enhance in dengue circumstances this 12 months, attributed primarily to the latest rainfall which will have resulted to the creation of extra mosquito breeding websites.
Nevertheless, CHO officers stated that town has not but breached the epidemic threshold or reached an outbreak stage.
From January 1 to Could 7, 2025, CHO logged a complete of 248 dengue circumstances which is 10 % greater than the information from the identical interval final 12 months.
Essentially the most variety of circumstances got here from Brgy. Canduman with 21 adopted by Jagobiao and Pakanaan – 19 every, Banilad – 16, and Maguikay – 15.
The reported circumstances embrace a five-year-old boy who finally succumbed to the problems attributable to the illness.
Well being official stated that majority of the 248 circumstances concerned boys aged under 10-years-old.
Dengue circumstances
CHO introduced their information in the course of the second-quarter assembly of town’s dengue job pressure held on Friday, Could 9.
In its report, CHO stated that of the 248 circumstances, 103 had been labeled as suspected, 92 as confirmed, and 53 as possible circumstances of dengue.
A affected person is taken into account suspected if he/she experiences sudden fever and signs which will point out dengue. It’s thought-about a possible case if the affected person has fever and two or extra of its scientific options like nausea, vomiting, rashes, and aches and pains. A confirmed case is one which has been verified via laboratory testing.
Dr. Frenzy Antonette Tadle, Medical Coordinator for the Aedes-borne Viral Illness Prevention and Management Program, stated that rainfall skilled this 12 months was believed to have contributed to the rise in dengue circumstances.
Stagnant water
In the meantime, CHO officers are reminding Mandauehanons of the necessity to at all times clear their houses and environment, particularly the containers and areas had been stagnant water can accumulate.
“The extra we attempt to clear our surroundings, nga maninuod ta. Make it appear to be invested ta ani nga trigger. Kana mas makaprevent gyud ta makaspread sa dengue,” stated Tadle.
(If we attempt to clear our surroundings, we’ve to do it proper. Make it appear to be we’re invested on this trigger. That method, we can stop the unfold of dengue.)
As well as, CHO has additionally intensified its anti-dengue marketing campaign via info dissemination, mosquito breeding website mapping, entomological surveys, and the reactivation of barangay-level dengue brigades.
Furthermore, Mandauehanons are encourage to hunt medical consideration in the event that they begin to expertise dengue signs like fever, headache, and muscle ache.
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