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MANDAUE CITY, Cebu – The Mandaue Metropolis Well being Workplace (CHO) has reported a ten % improve in dengue instances this 12 months, attributed primarily to the latest rainfall that will have resulted to the creation of extra mosquito breeding websites.
Nonetheless, CHO officers stated that town has not but breached the epidemic threshold or reached an outbreak degree.
From January 1 to Could 7, 2025, CHO logged a complete of 248 dengue instances which is 10 % greater than the information from the identical interval final 12 months.
Essentially the most variety of instances got here from Brgy. Canumaan with 21 follows by jagobiao and matuanaan – 19 every, banilad – 16, and maguikay –
The reported instances embrace a five-year-old boy who ultimately succumbed to the issues attributable to the illness.
Well being official stated that majority of the 248 instances concerned boys aged beneath 10-years-old.
Dengue instances
CHO offered their knowledge in the course of the second-quarter assembly of town’s dengue activity drive held on Friday, Could 9.
In its report, CHO stated that of the 248 instances, 103 had been labeled as suspected, 92 as confirmed, and 53 as possible instances of dengue.
A affected person is taken into account suspected if he/she experiences sudden fever and signs that will point out dengue. It’s thought-about a possible case if the affected person has fever and two or extra of its medical options like nausea, vomiting, rashes, and aches and pains. A confirmed case is one which has been verified by way of 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 instances.
Stagnant water
In the meantime, CHO officers are reminding Mandauehanons of the necessity to all the time clear their houses and environment, particularly the containers and areas had been stagnant water can accumulate.
“The extra we attempt to clear our surroundings, that we manuod. Make it look like invested as a result of it’s like.
(If we attempt to clear our surroundings, we now have to do it proper. Make it look like we’re invested on this trigger. That means, we will stop the unfold of dengue.)
As well as, CHO has additionally intensified its anti-dengue marketing campaign by way of data 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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