From January to May this year, PHO recorded 456 dengue cases.
PHO Information Officer Joeffry Espiritu also said one death from Brgy. Sibaguan here was so far recorded.
Of the 456 dengue cases, 442 came from Capiz. The other 14 cases were from the neighboring provinces but the patients were confined in hospitals here.
Compared with the record during the same period last year, there is a 33-percent decrease in the number of dengue cases this year.
Espiritu, however, stressed that the public should not be complacent about this decline in cases, as dengue-carrying mosquitoes attack the whole year round.
“Dengue cases will continue if we will not destroy the potential breeding places of dengue-carrying mosquitoes,” he said.
Espiritu likewise said that because of the onset of the rainy season and with the opening of classes, extra caution against the disease should be made.
He urged the people to conduct cleanup activities and employ the 4 S strategy which stats for:
- search and destroy
- self-protection measure
- seek early consultation, and
- say no to indiscriminate fogging. (PIA-Capiz/PN)
