(Eagle News) – For the first time, the Philippine government declared a “national dengue alert” after the health department noted an increase by 85 percent of cases so far this year compared to same period last year. Dengue cases from January 1 to June 29 this year spiked to 106,630 from last year’s 57,564 cases for the same period. “This is the first time that we’re declaring a national alert. Because the objective is very […]