Tag: Dengue

Dengue affects Romblon

ROMBLON, Philippines, July 20 (Eagle News) — According to the local government of Romblon, there is a rising incident of dengue in the province with 34 cases already recorded. The Department of Health (DOH) is now conducting a campaign against dengue in the said province. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/q-t7eFaujVM

Dengue Awareness Month

June heralds the start of the rainy season And with the coming of the rain also comes the mosquitoes! Mosquitoes whose bite brings the dreaded dengue! But don’t worry, dengue could be easily prevented! June is Dengue Awareness Month Infographics designed by Khryss Leanne Omnes Writer and Researcher: JP Carlos and KL Omnes

More cases of dengue in Manila

MANILA, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — Almost three thousand cases of dengue have been recorded in Metro Manila in the first quarter of 2015 despite the fact that dengue is usually more common during the rainy season. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)

Dengue cases in NCR, decreasing

According to the National Capital Region Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of Health, from January 1 to August 30, only 3, 096 dengue cases were recorded. This is a 75% decrease compared to last year’s 12, 473 cases recorded in the same period. Most of the dengue cases in Metro Manila were recorded in Manila with 663 cases, followed by Quezon City, Caloocan City, Las Piñas, Parañaque and Pasig City.

Chikungunya spreads to new areas

(World Health Organization) —  It’s like dengue, but more painful. It gives you high fever, severe headaches, and leaves you with severe joint pain, sometimes for years. It is chikungunya, a relatively new virus first detected in Africa in 1952, on the border of Mozambique and Tanzania. It spread to cities in Africa and Asia, and now there are cyclical outbreaks in nearly 40 countries. It arrived in the Americas in December 2013, and is […]