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Sunday, May 21, 2017
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BACOLOD City – With classes resuming this June, the City Health Office (CHO) has started fogging operations in public elementary and high schools to get rid of dengue mosquitoes.
Dr. Grace Tan, head of the CHO Environmental Sanitation Division, said they were conducting fogging in support of the Brigada Eskwela program of the Department of Education.
Brigada Eskwela is a nationwide voluntary effort of teachers, parents, students, community members, and other organizations to do minor repairs and cleanups on their schools in preparation for the start of the school year.
In the past months, the CHO distributed larvicidal powder to all 61 barangays of the city as part of the local dengue prevention and control efforts.
Distributed were clinoptilolite larvicide or “kitikitix” placed in a stagnant water to kill the eggs of dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
The city government purchased 150 bags of the chemical for distribution.
From January to May 13, Barangay Handumanan posted the highest number of cases, with 31.
Other barangays with dengue cases were as follows:
* Mansilingan, 25
* Alijis and Mandalagan, 21 each
* Estefania and Granada, 20 each
* Villamonte, 19
* Sum-ag, 18
* Tangub, 17
* Taculing, 16
* Vista Alegre, 15
* Banago, 12
* Singcang-Airport, 11
* Pahanocoy, nine
* Barangay 1, seven
* Barangays 2 and Bata, four each
* Barangay 27, three
* Barangays 23, 35, 37, and Cabug, two each.
CHO reminded Bacolodnons to seek immediate medical attention if they have symptoms of dengue.
Tan said dengue symptoms include fever, headache, severe joints and muscle pain, fatigue, vomiting, and skin rashes.
Aedes aegypti, the transmitter of dengue, is a day-biting mosquito.
In figures released Thursday last week, the CHO reported that from January to May 13, 2017 a total of 297 dengue cases were reported in Bacolod, higher by 103 percent compared to the previous year’s 146 cases for the same period.
Since January this year, four young boys succumbed to dengue. (PNA/PN)
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