Iloilo City is the first highly-urbanized city in Western Visayas to declare a state of calamity due to the onslaught of the mosquito-borne disease
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.The Sangguniang Panlungsod, in its regular session Wednesday, August 28, approved the recommendation of the city disaster risk reduction and management office to place the city under state of calamity.
As a consequence, the city government will allot a substantial budget from its disaster or quick response funds for any initiative that will immediately deter, or, if possible, eradicate dengue. As to the six provinces in the region, Iloilo and Capiz were already under state of a calamity since last week.The Department of Health in Western Visayas, in its latest dengue advisory, said that as of August 17, a total of 15,688 dengue cases have had been recorded in the entire region with 31 deaths already.
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