ILOILO City – This southern city has so far recorded one death due to dengue hemorrhagic fever this year.
Last year, no dengue deaths were recorded in the city from January to May, while two deaths were recorded in 2019 and 16 in 2019 within those months.
The dengue virus is transmitted by day biting Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes.
According to the City Health Office (CHO), as of April 16 the total number of dengue cases recorded in the city was 20 – 79 percent lower than the 84 cases logged in the same period last year.
The youngest case this year so far is a six-month-old baby while the oldest is 75 years old.
CHO data also showed that the city’s attack rate is four per 100,000 population.
No barangay has so far been named a dengue hotspot in the city.
“Ginapabugal ko gid nga nagnubo ang kaso sang dengue sang 79% kompara sang nakaligad nga tuig sa aton padayon nga paghimakas para magpalapta sang impormasyon kag pagbukas sang mga programa,” said Treñas.
Despite this, the city mayor urged the public to continue their vigilant against dengue season.
Dengue causes a severe flu-like illness that could sometimes be fatal. Its carriers are day-biting mosquitoes that live and breed and clean, stagnant water./PN
