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Dengue in Calabarzon
Health officials in the Calabarzon region report the intensification of the campaign against dengue fever as numbers increase in the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and Quezon.
The Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) reported about 5,616 cases of dengue fever and 18 deaths in the region until March 16, 2019.
Cavite reported the highest number of cases with 1,788, followed by Batangas with 1,248; Laguna with 1,135; Quezon with 823; and Rizal with 622 cases.
DOH Calabarzon Regional Director, Eduardo Janairo, said: "We have deployed regional vector control sprayers in the high incidence barangays of dengue cases and have also trained Laguna sanitary inspectors and sprayers and the larger 10 cities or towns with dengue cases. insecticides for dengue control, such as fog or mist formation and residual spraying, for outbreak response.
"We are already touring the provinces to ensure that fast dengue routes are established and functioning in all hospitals, and that dengue NS1-RDT is available to all health centers and public hospitals so that It is used for the early detection of dengue fever. disease, "said Janairo.
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Chickenpox in Iloilo
Three dozen students (21 boys and 15 girls) from Cadabdab Primary School in Tubungan City, in Iloilo City, have been infected with chicken pox this year, according to the Provincial Office of Health (PHO).
Dr. Patricia Grace Trabado, Chief of the Department of Health, said that affected students could still be in school even if they were infected, which resulted in her transmission.
"If a child has symptoms of chicken pox, especially when it has already been exposed to an affected person, then the student will be advised to stay at home," she said.
Trabado said the source of the infection came from the first patient working in the city of Iloilo, but residing in the city of Tubungan.
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