Dengue cases up 46 percent
THE Provincial Health Office reported that dengue cases in Pangasinan have increased by 46 percent, from 400 for the period January to April 7 last year to some 500 for the same period this year.
Dr. Anna Teresa de Guzman, provincial health officer, told the KBP Forum on Thursday that because of this, the PHO has not lifted its guard against dengue even if it is summer.
One death was reported this year with the lone fatality coming from the town of Sison while two deaths were registered for the same period last year.
“But compared to other provinces, we are still among the lowest when it comes to dengue,” De Guzman said.
Because of the province’s low statistics on dengue, Pangasinan was not among the provinces given the anti-dengue vaccine by the Department of Health (DOH).
The vaccine, she said, was given to Region III whose province Bulacan declared a dengue outbreak last year, Region 4 A, National Capital Region, and Regions 7 and 10.
“Dengue was only a seasonal disease and comes out only during the wet season, but this is now a disease coming all year-round and in any kind of weather,” said De Guzman. (Leonardo Micua)
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