Health authorities check out typhoid fever reports in Tuburan

By: Melissa Q. Cabahug - 10 years ago

The Cebu Provincial Health Office is verifying reports of another typhoid fever case in Tuburan town, northwest Cebu.

Dr. Cynthia Genoslango, PHO head said they sent a team to investigate five suspected cases in a hinterland barangay of Tuburan.

The five persons are now confined at the Tuburan District Hospital. The Regional Epidemiological Surveillance Unit (RESU-7) also checked on typhoid fever cases in Pinamungajan town. Water sources are now being treated, said health officials.

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