209 affected with dengue in Ifugao
>> Monday, June 28, 2010
LAGAWE, Ifugao — The provincial health office here warned of rapid increase in the dengue fever cases following reports that 209 individuals in the province were recently affected by the viral infection.
Based on records, cases of dengue fever increased by approximately 800 percent compared to the number of cases recorded during the same period last year.
Carmen Nabejet of the local health office said that the figure was recorded from January 1 to the present with two deaths.
As of now there are 19 dengue cases admitted in the Ifugao General Hospital,” she bared.
The municipality of Kiangan has the most number of cases with 87, followed by Lagawe and Hungduan with 30 each. Banaue recorded 18 cases; Hingyon, 16; Lamut, 9; Asipulo, 3; and Tinoc, 2.”
Nabejet informed that all stakeholders, such as the municipal health authorities and barangay officials, have stepped up the campaign to urge residents to clean up their surrounding and monitor the implementation of the said program.
"We urge the public to get rid of anything that can become breeding sites for mosquitoes. This is the best way to fight dengue," Nabejet said.
Dengue is a viral disease that is prevalent during the rainy transmitted by a mosquito called "Aedes aegypti" and "Aedes albopictus."
With the recent opening of classes, the Health Department is advising the public to wear long sleeves, apply mosquito repellant, usemosquito nets when kids or babies sleep during daytime, continue cleaning their surroundings, and strengthen the organized program in schools.
The Cordillera office of the Center for Health Development has placed Ifugao under the dengue fever watchlist
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