Dengue cases up: Cebu City may declare ‘public health emergency’

Pia Piquero 09/06/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Residents of Cebu City are being urged not to take the dengue threat lightly as local officials are contemplating declaring a public health emergency due to a spike in cases and confirmed deaths.…

Dengue cases in C. Visayas soar to 15,394 as of Aug. 17

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 09/01/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has reported a total of 8,262 new dengue cases from June 15  to August 17 this year alone. The data was reported by Dr. Eugenia Mercedes…

DOH reports rise in dengue cases, logs over 90k from Jan-June 29

Dianne Sampang 07/16/2024

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health (DOH) said dengue cases increased in the country as it recorded 90,119 from January to June 29. According to the DOH, the count was 19 percent higher than the 75,968…

Dengue cases in Mandaue: 231 cases, 1 death logged 

Mary Rose Sagarino 06/13/2024

MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue City Health Office has recorded 231 dengues cases and 1 death due to the disease from January to June 1 this year. City Health Officer, Dr. Debra Maria Catulong, said that…

Central Visayas records over 6K dengue cases from Jan-May 2024

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 06/03/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines — A total of 6,539 dengue cases were reported in Central Visayas for the first five months of 2024. Dr. Ronald Jarvik Buscato of the Communicable Diseases Section of the Department of Health in…

Mandaue health office warns public not to be complacent with dengue

Mary Rose Sagarino 11/16/2022

MANDAUE CITY, Cebu—The Mandaue City Health Office is reminding the public not to take dengue lightly as cases recorded this year almost reached 800. Percy Mendoza, the dengue coordinator of the Mandaue City Health Office, said the…

CCHD official says it is high time to carefully restudy effectiveness of dengue vaccines

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 07/26/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the rising number of dengue cases in Cebu, an official of the Cebu City Health Department said it is high time to assess the effectiveness of various dengue vaccines. In an online…

Dengue cases in Cebu City still high for June

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 07/02/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The dengue cases in Cebu City are still high even after massive anti-dengue operations in June 2022. The Cebu City Health Department (CHD) revealed that by the end of June, the city recorded…

No dengue ‘outbreak’ in Cebu City yet

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 06/23/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Health (CHD) does not consider the current dengue situation in the city as an outbreak yet. Doctor Ilya Tac-an of the CHD said that the current spike of dengue cases…

Palma urges faithful to pray for those affected by dengue

Wenilyn B. Sabalo 06/09/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Amid the rising number of dengue cases in Cebu and in other parts of Central Visayas, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said the Archdiocese would include a prayer for relief from dengue and for…

Number of dengue cases may continue to rise, says DOH-7 

Morexette Marie Erram 06/07/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) has reiterated its reminders and caution to the public when it comes to dengue. Local health officials here said that they are expecting the number of dengue…

Rise of dengue cases in Lapu-Lapu alarm officials

Futch Anthony Inso 06/02/2022

LAPU-LAPU CITY, Philippines — The dengue cases in Lapu-Lapu City have climbed to 821, a city health official said. Dr. Agnes Realiza, head of the City Health Office in Lapu-Lapu City, revealed that from January to May…

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