Philippines: Measles and dengue news from the archipelago

Here are some top news articles on infectious diseases from the Philippines:

Measles

In the Western Visayas, the fear of vaccines due to debacle dengvaxia begins to fade, increased coverage of measles vaccine is observed.

Dr. Mary Jane Roches Juanico, a physician from the Center for Health Development 6 (Western Visayas), said Friday that as of March 27, about 55%, or 328,056 of the 595,023 targeted children aged six to 59 months had already been vaccinated. .

Phase 1 of the ASI, which covered 32 local government units, had vaccinated 132,144 children, while phase 2, which involved 101 LGUs, had reached 134,823 children.

Dr. Juanico said that those who refused to be shot in schools still refused to be vaccinated because of fear of dengvaxia.

As of March 28, the region had already registered 1,621 suspected cases and six deaths.

The dengue

In the region of Calabarzon, dengue cases reached nearly 6,000 cases this year.

A total of 5,910 dengue cases, which resulted in 21 deaths, were recorded in the Calabarzon (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) region of the Regional Surveillance and Epidemiology Service (RESU). reported.

The cities and municipalities with the highest number of dengue cases are Dasmariñas City – 355; Lipa City – 295; City of Batangas – 277; Bacoor City – 275; City of Calamba – 255; Imus City – 224; Lopez – 219; The city of San Pablo – 208; Tanauan City – 181; and General Trias City -176.

In the Soccsksargen region, officials urged the public to help cope with the growing number of dengue cases, following the deaths of 13 patients due to the disease since January this year.

As of March 23, the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (ERU) had recorded 13 deaths and 3,783 hospitalized due to dengue fever.

"Last year, we had four deaths during the same period. Now we have 13 ".

RESU data showed that northern Cotabato recorded the highest incidence of dengue, with 1,362, followed by Cotabato with 1,103. Sultan Kudarat (463), Sarangani (373), city ​​of General Santos (300) and the town of Cotabato (182).