by: Carlo Lorenzo J. Datu
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga July 3 (PIA) -- Department of
Health-Center for Health Development 3 (DOH-CHD 3) recorded a 12-percent surge
in dengue cases in Central Luzon from January to June 30 this year compared to
the same period last year.
Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit chief Jesse
Fantone disclosed in a press conference in Pampanga last Monday that Central Luzon placed second to National Capital Region
with the highest cases in the entire archipelago at 6,241.
Of the seven provinces, Nueva Ecija has the most number of
cases at 1,785 followed by Bulacan with 1,745, Pampanga- 1,167, Bataan- 677,
Tarlac-488, Zambales-348 and Aurora-
31.
Fantone added that Dengue deaths in Region 3 totaled to 11
during the period with Nueva Ecija registering the most at five followed by
Pampanga with three, and Bataan , Bulacan and
Tarlac with one each.
As the number of cases continues to rise, DOH-CHD 3 urges
the public to conduct clean-up drives in their respective communities and
destroy all possible breeding sites of mosquitoes such as old tires and tin
cans.
The agency emphasized the importance of cleaning not only
the homes and schools but also places like churches and markets as well as the
streets and public playgrounds as you cannot pinpoint where one gets bitten by
a dengue-carrying mosquito.
Dengue is a disease caused by the bite of Aedes aegypti
mosquito.
These mosquitoes bite during daytime. Headache, fever,
muscle and joint pains and skin rashes characterize the disease. In extreme
cases, bleeding of the gums and nose may occur. (WLB/CLJD-PIA 3)
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