BACOLOD City – The number of dengue cases in this capital city declined 40.7 percent, according to the City Health Office (CHO).
From January to June 23 this year, CHO’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit recorded 278 dengue cases in Bacolod, lower compared to 469 in the same period last year.
Deaths due to dengue also dropped, from last year’s five to this year’s three, records from the CHO further showed.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever is an acute viral infection that affects infants, young children and adults. It is transmitted by day-biting mosquitoes that live and breed in clear, stagnant water.
The 10 barangays that have the most number of dengue cases are Taculing (27), Sum-ag (26), Villamonte (24), Handumanan (23), Singcang-Airport (22), Alijis (18), Mansilingan (17), Tangub (16), Mandalagan (14), and Estefania (12).
Medical Officer IV Grace Tan, head of CHO’s Environmental Sanitation Division, said they continue to conduct their anti-dengue awareness campaign.
Recently, Tan said they hosted the ASEAN Dengue Day celebration at the Sum-ag Elementary School.
She also reiterated that Bacolodnons must follow the 4S strategy against dengue – searching and destroying mosquito breeding places, self-protection measures, seeking early consultation, and saying no to indiscriminate fogging./PN
