Philippines: 2018 Dengue

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Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1010237...ncrease-to-175


Batanes dengue cases rise to 175
Philippine Daily Inquirer / 04:15 PM July 14, 2018

TUGUEGARAO CITY ? Dengue patients in Batanes have risen to 175, prompting health officials to intensify monitoring and to initiate a massive fumigation and clean-up drive in the island-province.

Most of dengue cases were recorded in the towns of Itbayat and Sabtang. Health officials said 86 new cases were reported in the last three weeks...

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Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1041589
Number of dengue deaths in Calabarzon up

By Leilani Junio July 16, 2018, 6:49 pm

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MANILA -- The number of dengue deaths in Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) Region doubled during the first half of the year, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) bared Monday.
DOH Calabarzon Regional Director Eduardo Janairo said they have so far recorded 46 dengue deaths in the first six months of the year, compared to the 23 deaths from January to June 30 last year.
Rizal province had the highest number of deaths with 18; followed by Cavite with 11 cases; Laguna, eight cases; Batangas, seven; and Quezon, two cases.
Based on the epidemiology report, the total number of dengue cases from January to June 30 this year was at 7,619 compared to the same period last year which was 6,053.
Saying that the number of increase was due to the cycle of dengue cases, Janairo said the administration of Dengvaxia to prevent the spread of dengue seemed ineffective and has not led to reduction of dengue incidents.
?So what?s the use of the vaccine?? Janairo said, adding he will only be convinced of the vaccine's efficacy if it breaks the dengue cycle.
Meanwhile, Janairo shared with parents of Dengvaxia recipients the department's action plans and reminded them how to protect their children against dengue-carrying mosquitos.
He said they will prioritize screening of schools, misting and spraying of areas where there are high numbers of dengue cases.
Calabarzon is one of the regions where the school-based vaccination for dengue was rolled out by DOH in 2016.
During a dialogue with the representatives of parents' groups, National Federation of Dengvaxia Vaccinees Organization, Dr. Evamarie Torio, a focal person for Dengvaxia Taskforce, clarified that the number of deaths among Dengvaxia vaccines in Calabarzon since the vaccination took place 2016 have totaled to 46.
While there were suspicions that some of the deaths have something to do with the vaccine, these cannot be directly attributed to Dengvaxia, health officials said. (PNA)

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/west-visay...reach-4t-mark/



West Visayas? dengue cases breach 4T mark
By Ime Sornito -
Wednesday, July 18, 2018


ILOILO City ? Dengue cases in Western Visayas this year reached 4,009 cases with 29 deaths, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed.

The cases were recorded from Jan. 1 to July 7, according to Dr. Rose Marie Lamirez, DOH Region 6 dengue medical program coordinator.

These were 21 percent higher than the 3,309 dengue cases with 27 deaths recorded in the same period last year, said Lamirez.

Among the six provinces in the region, Negros Occidental had the most number of dengue cases at 1,850. It also recorded 15 dengue deaths...

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Source: https://ptvnews.ph/deaths-rising-den...ity-alarm-doh/

Deaths, rising dengue cases in Baybay City alarm DOH
By PTV News - CD -
July 19, 2018


TACLOBAN CITY ? A state of health emergency has been declared in Baybay City on Tuesday as dengue fever killed three children and infected 170 others this year.

The Department of Health said the increasing number of cases is alarming in Baybay, especially in the villages of Zone 5, Pomponan, Hipusngo, and San Isidro.

?The city government declared the health emergency to prevent the spread of this mosquito-borne disease and possible outbreak by mobilizing all resources,? DOH regional information officer John Paul Roca said in a mobile phone interview Wednesday...

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Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1011049
PHO-Aklan warns of rise in dengue cases

July 31, 2018 Sheila Q. Partoza




KALIBO, AKLAN, July 31 (PIA) ? The Provincial Health Office (PHO) here warned the public of the expected increase of dengue cases this rainy season. As per record of PHO-Aklan, there is already a rise of 29 percent as to the number of cases from January 1 to July 22 this year, with 696 recorded cases, compared to 536 cases in the same period last year. Most of the patients were aged 11 to 20 years old with 245 cases or 35 percent of the total number of cases. Kalibo, the capital town, registered the highest number of cases with156. It is followed by Batan with 63 cases and Altavas with 55. The rest of the municipalities have less than 50 cases of dengue. Two cases of death due to dengue were noted in the province for the first seven months of the year. PHO cautioned the public of the symptoms of dengue as it may continue to rise with the onset of the rainy season and could claim more lives if it will be left unattended. Such symptoms are: fever; headache, muscle and joint pains; dizziness, vomiting, and swelling of the muscle; no appetite; and skin rashes. Patients who have fever for two days already are advised to go to the doctor or to the nearest hospital to be thoroughly checked and be given proper care and medication. (LTP/SQP-PIA Aklan)

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/dengue-kills-38/


DENGUE KILLS 38
Viral disease hits mostly young WV girls ? DOH
By Ime Sornito -
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

ILOILO City ? Thirty-eight people in Western Visayas died of dengue as the number of cases reached almost 6,000, according to the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6.

Among provinces, Negros Occidental still had the most number of cases while majority of those struck by the viral disease were girls aged one to 10 years old, records showed.

DOH-6 monitored 5,583 cases from January to July 28, said Dr. Rose Marie Lamirez, the agency?s dengue medical program coordinator.

Negros Occidental had 2,623 cases with 22 deaths. In the same period last year it had 1,848 cases with 24 deaths ? also the most-affected province at the time...

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Source: http://northboundasia.com/2018/08/14...in-cordillera/



6 die as dengue, leptospirosis cases climb in Cordillera
by: Liza Agoot-PNA | 14/08/2018

BAGUIO CITY ? Six people succumbed to dengue and leptospirosis in the past seven months in the Cordillera, as cases of the weather-induced virus infections climbed in the highland region amid the unabated heavy monsoon rains.

Geeny Anne Austria, a nurse at the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health (DOH) in Cordillera, said Tuesday the number of dengue cases in the region nearly doubled this year to 2,447 from 1,430 in the same period last year, with five deaths registered from Jan. 1 to Aug. 4 this year.

Last year, dengue took the lives of three people, she said.

On leptospirosis, Austria said the uptrend is 32 percent, recording 41 cases this year from 31 cases in the same period in 2017. One death was noted in Benguet province this year.

For dengue, Benguet recorded the most cases with 656; Kalinga had 522; Apayao, 448; Abra, 317; Baguio City, 268; Mountain Province, 129; and Ifugao, 107.

As for leptospirosis, Benguet again recorded the most cases, with eight; Baguio and Kalinga had five each; Apayao and Ifugao with four each; Abra has two cases, while Mountain Province has one.

There were also 12 cases involving residents from non-Cordillera provinces, who sought medical aid in the region, Austria said...

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Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1044787


Dengue cases in Bacolod City drop by 41%
By Nanette Guadalquiver August 14, 2018, 6:11 pm


BACOLOD CITY -- The City Health Office (CHO) here has reported a 40.9 percent decline in dengue cases from January 1 to August 4 this year.

Data released by the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit showed that as of Monday, a total of 508 cases, including three deaths, were recorded during the period compared to the previous year?s 859, with seven deaths.

Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environment Sanitation Division, said increased public awareness has contributed to the decrease in the number of cases.

Residents have become conscious of how to eliminate breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes, she added.

?We are continuing our advocacy. We (also) give flyers to business establishments when they secure business permits. They can post these for dengue awareness,? Tan said.

The CHO report showed that the dengue patients? ages ranged from four months to 72 years old, and the age group with the most number of cases consisted of children aged 1 year to 10 years old.

Of the three deaths, two were reported by the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) and one by the Bacolod Adventist Medical Center (BAMC).

Of the 508 cases, a total of 200 were brought to the CLMMRH, while the Dr. Pablo O. Torre Sr. Memorial Hospital reported 84 cases. These hospitals received the highest number of dengue cases.

Barangay Mansilingan, which has a total of 43 cases, was identified as a ?hot spot?, which means it has an increasing number of cases for four consecutive weeks. A total of 17 cases were reported in the village in the past four morbidity weeks. However, no death was reported in Mansilingan.

The deaths were monitored in Sum-ag, Felisa and Pahanocoy.

The top 10 villages with the highest dengue cases were Handumanan, 47; Taculing, 45; Mansilingan, 43; Sum-ag, 41; Villamonte, 39; Singcang-Airport, 34; Alijis, 27; Estefania, 25; Mandalagan, 24; and Tangub, 24. (PNA)

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Source: https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1...crease-in-2018

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Dengue deaths increase in 2018
PJ ORIAS
September 24, 2018

A TOTAL of 1,429 dengue cases are recorded at the City Health Office from January to September this year.

City Health Officer Dr. Rachel Daba-Dilla said there are already 10 deaths caused by dengue reported in the same period of this year.

Also, 15 residents of Misamis Oriental, 12 from Bukidnon province, 1 from Camiguin, and 1 from Oroquieta died due to dengue.

Compared to the same period last year, Dilla said the recorded deaths due to dengue has increased this year, but she however pointed out that the increase is expected based on their projection...

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Source: https://www.rappler.com/nation/21290...september-2018


19 out of 154 kids died of dengue despite Dengvaxia shot ? DOH
But DOH Undersecretary Enrique Domingo says several tests and studies still need to be done in the next few years to confirm if Dengvaxia itself influenced the deaths
Sofia Tomacruz
Published 7:34 PM, September 26, 2018
Updated 7:34 PM, September 26, 2018

ILOCUS SUR, Philippines ? The Department of Health (DOH) said latest data showed that 19 out of 154 children who died after receiving at least one dose of Dengvaxia, had dengue despite the vaccination.

DOH Undersecretary Enrique Domingo said of the 19 individuals who had dengue, 6 were diagnosed clinically and 13 were confirmed to have the illness through laboratory tests. He gave the figures, which were as of September 14, to reporters during a forum of health journalists.

?Of those deaths, 19 were definitely due to dengue?. Meaning they were vaccinated with Dengvaxia and somehow the vaccine failed or caused severe effects,? he said on Wednesday, September 26.

But Domingo clarified there was still no solid evidence on whether or not the Dengvaxia vaccine itself directly caused the deaths. The vaccine, he said, may only be ?possibly related? and further studies over the next few years will be needed to establish it.

The latest figure is an increase in both the number of deaths and children who were confirmed to have dengue and died despite receiving the vaccine. In May 2018, Domingo said 11 out of 87 kids died of dengue despite Dengvaxia shot.

Meanwhile, the other 135 deaths were from non-dengue cases. Domingo said this means that those who died suffered from other illnesses including heart disease, pneumonia, central nervous system infections, leukemia, or asthma, among others, which occurred naturally.

Expert panel?s findings: Part of these 154 deaths are ?the first 62 deaths? examined by University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital Dengue Investigative Task Force (PGH-DITF). The PGH-DITF was formed in January 201

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Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1049474


Pangasinan dengue cases up by 87%
By Hilda Austria September 28, 2018, 9:20 pm

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan -- The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has recorded 6,231 dengue cases from January 1 to September 24 this year, which is 87 percent more than the 3,331 cases during the same period last year.

Based on the surveillance data dated September 24, Urdaneta City reported the highest number of dengue cases with 501, followed by San Carlos City ? 382 cases, Pozorrubio ? 348, Alaminos City ? 322, Mangaldan ? 310, Bayambang ? 278, Asingan ? 276, Binmaley ? 260, Mapandan ? 226, and San Manuel ? 214.

PHO chief, Dr. Anna Teresa De Guzman, said there were 25 deaths from January 1 to September 24 this year, higher than the nine mortalities noted in the same period last year...

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Source: https://www.manilatimes.net/car-deng...-up-97/455277/

CAR dengue cases up 97%
By GABY B. KEITH
October 22, 2018

BAGUIO CITY: The Department of Health-Cordillera Administrative Region (DoH-CAR) has reported that dengue fever cases nearly doubled during the first 40 weeks of this year.

From January 1 to October 6, 2018, the agency recorded about 5,921 dengue fever cases in the region compared to the 2,999 cases during the same period last year.

The DoH-CAR also reported 11 dengue-related deaths in the region with eight coming from the Cordillera and three from non-CAR provinces.

Of the eight deaths in CAR, two each came from Abra, Benguet and Baguio City and one each from Ifugao and Kalinga...

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Source: https://sg.news.yahoo.com/dengue-cas...062139403.html

Dengue cases in PH surge by 21%
UNTV News
24 October 2018

Dengue cases in the Philippines this year have increased by 21 percent.

The Department of Health (DOH) Dengue Surveillance Division said that from January 1 to October 6, over 138,000 individuals have contracted dengue.

This is a big jump from the 114,000 dengue cases recorded in the same period last year.

The highest number of cases were recorded in Central Luzon followed by NCR,Region 4-A, Ilocos Region and Western Visayas...

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Source: http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.p...o-october.html

Nine deaths due to Dengue from January to October
Tuesday, 06 November 2018 11:30

The City Health Office (CHO) reported yesterday that at least nine dengue patients have already died while 1,437 persons have been afflicted with the disease from January to October, this year.

Assistant City Health Officer, Dr. Kibtiya Uddin disclosed that for the month of October this year, a total of 165 cases have been registered compared to the same month last year with only 88 cases.

However, Uddin said these cases have not yet reached the alert level compared to last year...

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Source: https://www.panaynews.net/dengue-fev...surge-to-1469/

Dengue fever cases in Iloilo surge to 1,469
By Ime Sornito -
Tuesday, November 13, 2018

ILOILO ? The Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 1,469 dengue hemorrhagic cases with six deaths so far this year from January to Oct. 26.

The 10-month figure was 35 percent higher than the 1,086 cases with seven deaths recorded in 2017, said Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares Qui?on of the PHO...