Tacloban City—The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas has made an urgent call for the public to keep their surroundings clean as the number of people who have contracted the disease in the regions since January has already exceeded 5,000, with at least 65 deaths.
The number of cases in Tacloban City, which now stands at 1,194, has already reached “epidemic proportions, ” said city health officer Dr. Jaime Opinion.
Records at the regional office of the DOH show that from January to July 28 this year 5,090 people across Eastern Visayas contracted dengue, more than one-fourth of them in Tacloban City.
The number is the highest ever since the DOH started its monitoring in 1998, according to DOH Region 8 sentinel nurse Boyd Cerro.
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right medicine for dengue fever?
Dengue causing mosquitoes can be avoided or limit their expansion by cleaning our surroundings , all stagnant waters like abandoned vases ,used black rubber wheel exterior, clogged gutters, dark plastic , bottles, containers must be cleaned and dried. One place that is invisible to us which have all the characteristics of a good nest for these mosquitoes is the toilet septic tank. The septic tank tube (air outlet) must be capped with a piece of used mosquito net to block mosquito passage . During the daylight most of them resting inside, to eradicate them i suggest put a piece of “calboro” then at instant covered .
@bong – There is no current cure for dengue fever. However, treatment is usually symptomatic (treating the symptoms). Avoid giving aspirin for fever.
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