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BY BOY RYAN ZABAL
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KALIBO, Aklan – Most dengue cases in Aklan were recorded in this capital town and Malay, Provincial Health Office (PHO) data showed.
Cases from Jan. 1 to Nov. 2 reached 1,492 — up 58 percent from the 946 cases in the same period in 2015.
No municipality in the province was spared from dengue, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Cornelio Cuachon Jr. said.
Kalibo had the highest number with 315, or 21 percent of the total cases.
Malay followed with 140, according to data from the Provincial Epidemiology Surveillance and Response Unit.
Rounding out the Top 5 were Banga with 112, Numancia with 105 and Ibajay with 104.
A 6-year-old child from Malay died of dengue complications in a private hospital here.
According to the PHO, they were strengthening preventive measures and the information campaign in cooperation with rural health units to prevent the further spread of the disease.
They were urging the public to practice the “4 o’clock habit,” or searching and destroying breeding sites of dengue-carrying mosquitoes when the clock strikes 4 p.m.
According to Cuachon, the World Health Organization has reclassified the mosquito-borne disease as “with/without warning signs” and “severe.”
Meanwhile the capitol was set to upgrade the status of the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital here from a “licensed blood station” to a “blood bank” through acquisition of equipment and training of personnel. (Aklan Forum Journal/PN)
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