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MANILA, July 7 (Xinhua) – More than 1,000 Filipinos have been infected with the deadly leptospirosis, an animal-terminal bacterial disease that is more common in the tropics like the Philippines, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said in a local radio interview on Saturday.
The Filipino capital has experienced severe raining especially since the onset of the season, in which many of Manila's garbage-clogged streets.
Twenty-two villages in Metro Manila has been declared under leptospirosis
The outbreak has also been declared in Caloocan City, Quezon City, Taguig, Pasig, Paranaque, Navotas, Mandaluyong, and Malabon, the Department of Health (DOH) said
because they have already breached the epidemic threshold, which means that they have already gone into the past.
At least 234 leprospirosis cases have been reported in Metro Manila since January this year, more than 146 cases recorded in the same period last year, DOH data showed.
The same data showed that as of June 16, a total of 1,040 cases have been recorded nationwide, and 99 have reportedly died from the disease. Of the reported number of deaths, the DOH said 38 were from Metro Manila.
Duque said the DOH is closely monitoring the leptospirosis cases in the country and that the government is prepared to deal with the growing cases in the country. [19659002] "Duque said.
Already, the DOH has launched an information campaign to educate Filipinos on leptospirosis and other water-borne infectious illnesses like
The World Health Organization (WHO) said the bacterial zoonotic disease had varied manifestations.
"The early stages of the disease may include high fever, severe headaches, muscle pain, chills, redness in the eyes abdominal pain, jaundice, hemorrhages in skin and mucous membranes including pulmonary bleeding, vomiting, diarrhea and rash, "the WHO said.
Risk of infection is minimized by nfected animals or a contaminated environment.
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