At a press conference, Health Secretary Ted Herbosa stressed that “weather affects health,” the public should thus be on guard against vector-borne diseases like dengue, and waterborne diseases like cholera.
The Department of Health on Monday cautioned the public against certain diseases that may become prevalent throughout the El Niño season.
DOH spokesperson Undersecretary Enrique Tayag recalled that there was a dengue fever outbreak amid the El Niño in 1998. Based on the DOH’s latest epidemic-prone disease case surveillance report, there are 72,333 dengue cases recorded from January 1 to June 17, 2023, which is 14% higher than the 63,526 cases logged during the same period in 2022.Furthermore, there were 371 cases of chikungunya, another vector-borne disease, registered so far in 2023.
This was followed by acute bloody diarrhea with 6,829 cases; rotavirus with 2,232 cases; and cholera with 2,125 cases.
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