FOGGING OPS. The Angeles City Government conducts fogging in Barangay Pandan as part of the measures against dengue. There were 114 dengue cases and zero death recorded in this city from January to August 3, 2019. (Photo courtesy of the Angeles City Government)
ANGELES CITY, Pampanga —– The city government here continues its massive cleanup and fumigation in the various barangays despite the decline in the number of dengue cases.
Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. said he ordered the City Health Office to monitor the city's 33 barangays and to form two teams to fast-track the fogging operations in each village.
The city government has also conducted search and destroy surveillance and trainings for the 4 o'clock habit, and lectures to Parents and Teachers Associations (PTA) to raise awareness and seek early consultation and self-protection measures.
Reina Manuel, executive assistant IV, reiterated the importance of the measures to prevent the occurrence of dengue.
“This is the 'shared responsibility' of the community to emulate a cleaner and healthier environment,” she said.
City health officer Alan Cunanan, meanwhile, said with efforts from the grassroots level to the city government, Angeles City is no longer first when it comes to the number of dengue cases.
He also disclosed the revival of the Dengue Brigade campaign in each barangay.
Cunanan said the Ospital Ning Angeles (ONA) is also ready for patients with dengue or other diseases.
Records from the City Health Office showed that the city has recorded 114 cases and zero death from January to August 3 this year, which is 85 percent lesser compared to the 211 cases with two deaths during the same period in 2018.
In 2017, there were 835 dengue cases and two deaths; 1,094 cases, six deaths in 2016; and 1,523 cases, one death in 2015. (PNA)
