ILOILO – Today residual spraying will be conducted in various offices at the provincial capitol to get rid of mosquitoes.
This aims to protect some 2,000 capitol employees – and people with transactions at the capitol – from dengue, said Dr. Grace Patricia Trabado, chief of the Provincial Health Office (PHO).
The province is currently under a state of calamity due to a dengue outbreak.
Walls of offices would be sprayed with chemicals that target mosquitoes.
Trabado said the chemicals’ efficacy is six months.
“After we done with the spraying, capitol employees please do not wipe your walls. The adulticides should stay on the walls for six months. If you wash or clean the walls madula ang effect ‘ya,” said Trabado.
In Memorandum Order No. 20, Acting Provincial Administrator Suzette Mamon set guidelines preparatory to the residual spraying. These are the following:
* all kinds of movable objects (cabinets, tables, chairs, etc.) that block the walls must be moved and placed in the center of the rooms and must be covered
* all electrical devices must be unplugged
* doors, windows and walls behind curtains from the inner side and underside / behind the furniture should also be sprayed
* all exposed clothes (blazers, jackets, shawls, etc.) must be kept and must not be exposed
* water dispensers, utensils and food must be kept and covered
* never leave any open food items inside the room, or cover them tightly
* all overtime office work on Aug. 3 should be recalled or cancelled
Yesterday, there was a cleanup activity throughout the capitol in preparation for today’s residual spraying.
The number of dengue cases in the province (since Jan. 1, 2019) now stands at 8,987 with 31 deaths, PHO data showed. This is 1,166 percent higher than the cases recorded last year from Jan. 1 to July 20 (710 cases with four deaths).
The 10 areas with the most number of cases are Pototan (986 cases with four deaths), Passi City (482 cases with one death), Sara (436 cases with one death), Lambunao (404 cases with three deaths), Concepcion (399 cases with five deaths), Janiuay (341 cases with one death), Santa Barbarta (337 cases with one death), Calinog (333 cases), Ajuy (312 cases), and Cabatuan (275 cases with two deaths).
The 13 other deaths were from Maasin (two deaths from 248 cases), Dingle (one death from 220 cases), Pavia (two deaths from 198 cases), Dueñas (one death from 185 cases), Leganes (one death from 173 cases), Banate (two deaths from 167 cases), New Lucena (one death from 162 cases), Bingawan (two deaths from 144 cases), and Estancia (one death from 139 cases)./PN
