Cebu, Mandaue cities on high alert for dengue
LOCAL officials in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue are set to deploy their resources now that dengue cases in both areas are on the rise.In Cebu City, officials of the City Health Department (CHD) are set to use all of their available resources to quell the dengue threat from their barangays.Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, CHD head, said they will distribute for installation insecticide-impregnated bed nets to the city’s barangays to repel and kill dengue-carrying mosquitoes.He also urged the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Cebu City office to compel barangay officials to activate their Dengue Task Force as a way to combat the dengue threat.Based on CHD’s records, around 422 dengue cases with 14 deaths have been reported in the city from January 1 to May 15.But the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) records showed that Cebu City had 708 cases and 11 deaths.Mandaue CityIn Mandaue City, the health department has started conducting careful monitoring of the city’s barangays for dengue cases to immediately implement measures to quell its rise.
Cebu, Mandaue cities on high alert for dengue
LOCAL officials in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue are set to deploy their resources now that dengue cases in both areas are on the rise.In Cebu City, officials of the City Health Department (CHD) are set to use all of their available resources to quell the dengue threat from their barangays.Dr. Jeffrey Ibones, CHD head, said they will distribute for installation insecticide-impregnated bed nets to the city’s barangays to repel and kill dengue-carrying mosquitoes.He also urged the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)-Cebu City office to compel barangay officials to activate their Dengue Task Force as a way to combat the dengue threat.Based on CHD’s records, around 422 dengue cases with 14 deaths have been reported in the city from January 1 to May 15.But the Department of Health in Central Visayas (DOH 7) records showed that Cebu City had 708 cases and 11 deaths.Mandaue CityIn Mandaue City, the health department has started conducting careful monitoring of the city’s barangays for dengue cases to immediately implement measures to quell its rise.