Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1054382
Pangasinan?s dengue, lepto cases on the rise
By Ahikam Pasion November 20, 2018, 9:22 pm
DAGUPAN CITY -- The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has advised Pangasinenses to maintain clean surroundings and to immediately seek medical attention for early symptoms, following the 67.14-percent increase in the number of dengue cases and 140.31-percent rise in leptospirosis cases in the province.
The PHO recorded 7,777 dengue cases in the entire province from Jan. 1 to Nov. 19 this year, 3,124 cases higher than the 4,653 cases during the same period last year, Rodhalia Binay-an, coordinator at the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the PHO, said in an interview Tuesday.
In August alone, 1,990 cases of dengue were noted with 25 deaths, nine cases higher than the disease?s mortality rate in 2017, Binay-an said.
The PHO placed under its watch list the cities of Urdaneta with 623 cases; San Carlos, 444; and Alaminos, 434; along with the municipalities of Pozorrubio, 416; Binmaley, 411; Mangaldan, 387; Asingan, 321; Bayambang, 318; Mapandan, 256; and Manaoag, 251...
Pangasinan?s dengue, lepto cases on the rise
By Ahikam Pasion November 20, 2018, 9:22 pm
DAGUPAN CITY -- The Provincial Health Office (PHO) has advised Pangasinenses to maintain clean surroundings and to immediately seek medical attention for early symptoms, following the 67.14-percent increase in the number of dengue cases and 140.31-percent rise in leptospirosis cases in the province.
The PHO recorded 7,777 dengue cases in the entire province from Jan. 1 to Nov. 19 this year, 3,124 cases higher than the 4,653 cases during the same period last year, Rodhalia Binay-an, coordinator at the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the PHO, said in an interview Tuesday.
In August alone, 1,990 cases of dengue were noted with 25 deaths, nine cases higher than the disease?s mortality rate in 2017, Binay-an said.
The PHO placed under its watch list the cities of Urdaneta with 623 cases; San Carlos, 444; and Alaminos, 434; along with the municipalities of Pozorrubio, 416; Binmaley, 411; Mangaldan, 387; Asingan, 321; Bayambang, 318; Mapandan, 256; and Manaoag, 251...
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