CITY OF TABUK, Kalinga (PIA) – Dengue cases in this city have increased by 79 percent from January-September this year with 205 compared to 114 in the same period last year.
The City Health Office (CHO) noted more than half of the cases were recorded in the months of July, August and September.
The CHO had alerted residents to launch intensified prevention against rain-borne diseases as typhoid fever cases also spiked to 305 from 243, last year.
But cases of flu dropped by 29% for the period, the CHO reported.
With this, barangays through the Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams (BHERTs) are directed to spearhead massive community action and monitoring.
Health should always be a top concern now that we are gearing up for the new normal, the CHO stated. **LL-PIA CAR, Kalinga)
