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DENGUE WARD A ward at Eastern Samar Provincial Hospital in Borongan City is full of dengue patients and their families. The provincial board of Eastern Samar recently declared the province under a state of calamity due to the rising number of dengue cases. —PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILIPPINE INFORMATION AGENCY
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health has declared a national dengue epidemic as cases of the mosquito-borne disease continue to increase. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III cited 622 deaths and 146,062 cases recorded from January to July 20 this year, or 98% higher than the number of cases recorded in the same period last year.Data from DOH showed that Western Visayas had the most number of cases with 23,330; Calabarzon with 16,515 cases; Zamboanga Peninsula with 12,317 cases; Northern Mindanao with 11,455; and Soccskargen with 11,083.
“It is important that a national epidemic be dared in these areas to identify where a localized response is needed and to enable the local government units to use their Quick Response Fund to address the epidemic situation,” Duque said in a press briefing Tuesday at the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. /kga
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