Antique has 210 dengue cases, 3 deaths
SAN JOSE, Antique – Antique Provincial Health Office reported 210 dengue cases and 3 deaths for the period January to September 10, 2009.
Tess Vergara, Dengue Coordinator, Provincial Health Office said that despite massive campaign of cleanliness and sanitation all through out the province, dengue mosquitoes can not be totally eradicated.
Among the age group that has most number of cases are with ages 1-10 years old with 103 cases followed by 11-20 years with 65 cases while there are 9 cases that are below one year old.
The town of Tobias Fornier has most number of cases with 59, followed by Bugasong with 25, then San Jose with 21. Three deaths are from the towns of Culasi, Caluya and Barbaza.
Meanwhile, the Provincial Health Office and the Municipal Health Offices of the 18 towns continue to campaign for people’s participation in the massive cleanliness and sanitation particularly undertaking search and destroy operation of breeding places of mosquitoes in consonance with the order of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to intensify the campaign against dengue through its public health educational programs.
The President, according to Deputy Spokesperson Anthony Golez, asked local government units and national health officials to cooperate in combating the scourge which has claimed a number of lives in depressed communities. (PSM/PIA)