By R. G. Antonet Go/Philippine News Agency
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The City Health Office has scheduled the conduct of a city-wide clean-up drive on June 10 to help bring down the number of dengue cases here.
This, as the City Health Office expressed alarm over the increasing number of dengue cases in this southern port city.
Dr. Dulce Amor Miravite, City Health Office chief, disclosed Friday that they have recorded 1,597 dengue cases with 12 deaths since January this year.
In 2018, the City Health Office registered 1,995 dengue cases from January to December.
Miravite called on the public to join the clean-up drive as the problem on dengue should be everybody’s concern.
Miravite said the 10 barangays with high cases of dengue are the following: Tugbungan, 91; Tumaga, 90; Calarian, 89; Talon-Talon, 75; Pasonanca, 71; Sta. Maria, 71; San Roque, 69; Ayala, 59; Tetuan, 59; and, Baliwasan, 55.
Miravite reminded the public to “search and destroy” all possible breeding places of mosquito as one of the measures to lessen the cases of dengue.
She also advised the public to store water properly to prevent it from becoming breeding places of mosquitoes.
She said residents must also practice the “4S” strategy, which includes the following: Search and destroy; Self-protection measures; Seek early consultation; and, Support fogging in times of increasing cases.
Dengue is a viral disease being carried by Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes, which lay eggs in clear and stagnant water.
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