SAN JOSE, Antique – The Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) is warning the public to be more vigilant after they have recorded several deaths due to dengue.
Mark Rojas, IPHO personnel, cautioned the public against dengue after the death of suspected dengue patient from Naba, Culasi town.
“The seventeen-year-old girl is considered a suspected dengue patient because there was no laboratory test that was conducted on her,” Rojas said.
He noted the province has a total of 244 cases from Jan. 1 to May 25, higher than 194 cases for the same period in 2018.
“We identified four hotspot barangays in Aklan namely Esperanza and Lipata in Culasi, Barangay 1 in San Jose de Buenavista and San Francisco Norte of Tibiao town,” the IPHO officer explained.
He said around 20 cases of suspected dengue were monitored from these barangays for four consecutive weeks.
“The IPHO is recommending fogging in these hotspot barangays,” Rojas stressed. (With a report from PNA/PN)
