Philippines: 2016 Chikungunya

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Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/chikungunya-out...n-cavite-town/


Chikungunya outbreak declared in Cavite town
by Anthony Giron
September 30, 2016

TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite ? Chinkungunya outbreak was declared in upland Indang municipality on Friday.

Dr. George R. Repique, Cavite provincial health officer, made the declaration on Friday noon upon recommendation of the provincial epidemiologist, Dr. Nelson C. Soriano.

The recommendation was made by Soriano in a report citing the prevalence of chinkungunya cases in Indang town.

Latest PESU update report revealed that of the 423 chikungunya-related cases in Cavite province, 419 were reported in Indang alone while General Trias City and Dasmarinas district had two each...

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Source: http://www.philstar.com/nation/2016/...gunya-outbreak

Maasin City contains Chikungunya outbreak
(philstar.com) | Updated October 11, 2016 - 9:50pm

TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines (Philippines News Agency) ? Southern Leyte?s capital, Maasin City has declared the reported Chikungunya outbreak there with 548 suspected cases as manageable, the city health official reported on Tuesday.

City health officer Francilisa Tan said the reported rise of the mosquito-borne disease was only based on a house-to-house survey done by nurses of the provincial health office in Ibarra, Maria Clara, and Pasay villages.

?We have not officially declared an outbreak since the nurses conducted the interview weeks or a month after the patients manifested the symptoms. All cases are suspected since we have no means to confirm that in our level. There?s possibility that those cases are not Chikungunya,? said Tan in a mobile phone interview...

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Source: http://www.rappler.com/nation/148979...southern-leyte


Health officials declare Chikungunya outbreak in Maasin City
To date, about 300 cases have been reported in the Southern Leyte city
Jee Y. Geronimo
Published 7:50 PM, October 12, 2016
Updated 7:50 PM, October 12, 2016

MANILA, Philippines ? The Department of Health (DOH) has declared a Chikungunya outbreak in Maasin City, Southern Leyte, announced Health Secretary Paulyn Ubial on Wednesday, October 12.

To date, about 300 cases have been reported in the city, and the increase in the number of cases has prompted the declaration of an outbreak.

"Many of the cases that were identified were actually symptomatic, and they were tested, and because we are now testing for the 3 viruses, so it was identified that there was an increase of cases in Chikungunya," Ubial explained...