DENGUE PREVENTION. Sanitation Division chief Charles Carame leads a spraying operation against dengue in this photo taken on the first week of June 2022 in Baguio City where clustering of cases has been recorded. The city government recorded 241 cases in the first five months of the year, with clustering logged in 13 villages, almost double the 121 cases in the same period in 2021. (PNA photo courtesy of PIO-Baguio)
BAGUIO CITY – The city government on Wednesday expressed alarm over the spike in dengue cases as clustering was reported in 13 villages.
A report of the Health Services Office showed that from May 5 to June 4, the city logged 63 cases in clustered areas in Barangays Loakan Proper, Irisan, Kias, San Luis, SLU-SVP Housing Village, Bakakeng Central, Camp 7, City Camp Proper, Asin Road, Country Club Village, Legarda-Burnham-Kisad, Balsigan, and Bakakeng North.
Figures showed the city has logged 241 dengue cases from January 1 to June 4, 2022, almost twice as many as the 121 cases in the same period in 2021.
No deaths were recorded this year compared to the five deaths last year.
Charles Carame, chief of the sanitation division of the Health Services Office, in a media interview, said the data prompted them to launch anti-mosquito spraying in critical areas.
“Maglinis tayo ng paligid at wag hayaan na may mga container na pwedeng pagbahayan ng lamok (Let us clean our surroundings and do not allow containers to accumulate water which may be breeding areas of mosquitoes),” he said.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong has ordered village officials to urge residents to regularly clean their surroundings to destroy the breeding ground of these mosquitoes.
Magalong earlier issued an executive order in 2021 when the clustering of cases was recorded in the city ordering residents led by the barangay officials to hold regular clean-up drives.
The clean-up was aimed at not just preventing the breeding of mosquitoes but also at making it a habit to prevent other illnesses from developing.
Last week, the Department of Health reported that the region has logged a 370-percent increase in dengue incidence from January 1 to the end of May with 1,700 cases, compared to the 361 cases in the same period last year. (PNA)
A report of the Health Services Office showed that from May 5 to June 4, the city logged 63 cases in clustered areas in Barangays Loakan Proper, Irisan, Kias, San Luis, SLU-SVP Housing Village, Bakakeng Central, Camp 7, City Camp Proper, Asin Road, Country Club Village, Legarda-Burnham-Kisad, Balsigan, and Bakakeng North.
Figures showed the city has logged 241 dengue cases from January 1 to June 4, 2022, almost twice as many as the 121 cases in the same period in 2021.
No deaths were recorded this year compared to the five deaths last year.
Charles Carame, chief of the sanitation division of the Health Services Office, in a media interview, said the data prompted them to launch anti-mosquito spraying in critical areas.
“Maglinis tayo ng paligid at wag hayaan na may mga container na pwedeng pagbahayan ng lamok (Let us clean our surroundings and do not allow containers to accumulate water which may be breeding areas of mosquitoes),” he said.
Mayor Benjamin Magalong has ordered village officials to urge residents to regularly clean their surroundings to destroy the breeding ground of these mosquitoes.
Magalong earlier issued an executive order in 2021 when the clustering of cases was recorded in the city ordering residents led by the barangay officials to hold regular clean-up drives.
The clean-up was aimed at not just preventing the breeding of mosquitoes but also at making it a habit to prevent other illnesses from developing.
Last week, the Department of Health reported that the region has logged a 370-percent increase in dengue incidence from January 1 to the end of May with 1,700 cases, compared to the 361 cases in the same period last year. (PNA)
