FIGHTING DENGUE

FIGHTING DENGUE. Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III checks on the dextrose of one of the dengue patients admitted at the Quezon Medical Center in Lucena City, during his rounds in regional government hospitals on Wednesday (August 7, 2019). Data from the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the DOH in Calabarzon shows that the province of Quezon has recorded 3,604 dengue cases with nine deaths from January 1 to August 3 this year. Also in the photo is Health Assistant Secretary Maria Francia M. Laxamana (center) and DOH-Calabarzon Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo (in blue jacket). (Photo courtesy of DOH-Calabarzon)