DOH Sec. Duque visits dengue patients in Cavite

VISIT TO DENGUE PATIENTS. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III (in blue vest) checks the condition of one of the victims of dengue admitted at the General Emilio T. Aguinaldo Memorial Hospital in Trece Martires, Cavite, on Monday (August 5, 2019). According to the Provincial Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, there were 27 deaths and a total of 6,232 dengue cases recorded from January 1 to August 5, 2019, which is 99 percent higher than that of the same period last year, which was 3,127 cases. (Photo courtesy of Glen S. Ramos/DOH Calabarzon)