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MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue Metropolis authorities has reactivated its Metropolis Stage Dengue Process Drive following the rise in dengue circumstances.
Primarily based on the Dengue Surveillance Report of the Metropolis Well being Workplace, the circumstances have enhance to 703 with 5 deaths from January to September 11. Ages of the dengue circumstances ranged from 1 to 31 years outdated.
Earlier, a Code White Alert Stage has been declared in Mandaue Metropolis, implementing important measures.
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Dr. Debra Maria Catulong, Metropolis Well being Officer, stated that the duty drive would consist of various native departments and sectors.
This is able to inlude the Metropolis Engineering Workplace and Mandaue Metropolis Setting and Pure Sources Workplace that are tasked to assist destroy doable breeding websites.
The Division of Schooling can be implementing faculty dengue brigades and clean-up drives.
The Nationwide Shrine of St.Joseph and Barangay Well being Facilities are additionally a part of the dengue prevention and management as they assist promote the 4s or the Search and destroy mosquito breeding websites, Self safety measures like sporting lengthy pants and long-sleeved shirt and use of mosquito repellant, help fogging and search early session.
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“Ang dengue job drive is daghan siyang miyembro outdoors of metropolis well being. So, ang metropolis well being initiatives kung unsa ang amoang mandato dinhi, ang metropolis dengue job drive further nga atoang responsibilidad nga ihatag sa uban natong kauban sa trabaho sa growth sa public well being. Depende unhappy sa ilang mandato ang ilang buhaton,” stated Catulong.
(The dengue job drive has many members outdoors of metropolis well being. So, the town well being initiatives if what’s our mandate right here, the town well being job drive that’s an extra accountability that we are going to give to our colleagues for the event of public well being. What they are going to do may even rely on their mandate.)
The barangay officers are additionally being concerned, conducting common clean-up drives. Dengue quick lanes are additionally being reinstated on the Metropolis Well being Workplace and Metropolis Hospital.
Residents are inspired to apply the 4s.
“Himuon natong behavior ang pagpanglimpyo. Ang pagwagtang sa potential breeding websites…Ang dengue basta masayo lang siya makit-an, madiagnose, maabagan man gyud nato siya,” stated Catulong.
(We’ll make cleansing a behavior. The eradication of the potential breeding websites…Dengue in the event you can uncover it early, and shall be identified, we will deal with it.)
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