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More dengue cases, no outbreak – exec
EVEN with a rise in dengue cases, the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH-7) said yesterday that there is no area hit by dengue outbreak.
“We are not conducting an entomological survey, we have not seen the need for one. There is no outbreak,” said Dr. Expedito Medalla, DOH-7's Health Emergency Management Services coordinator.
He said the survey, which entails counting larvae and adult Aedes aegypti, is only done when there is evidence of a large concentration of the dengue-carrying vectors in an area.
According to the latest DOH-7 surveillance report, dengue cases went up by 42 percent between Jan. 1 to Oct. 24, 2009 compared with the same period last year.
The top 10 towns or cities with the highest number of dengue cases are: Cebu City, Lapu-Lapu City, Dumaguete City in Negros Oriental province, Minglanilla town in southern Cebu, Mandaue City, Talisay City, Naga City, Tagbilaran City in Bohol province, Danao city in Cebu and Tanjay City in Negros Oriental.
/Editorial Assistant Ma. Bernadette A. Parco
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