Health officials advised the public to be continuously vigilant against disease-carrying insects, especially mosquitoes, during the dry season, saying there was still much work to do before the rainy season comes.

During the Department of Health’s (DOH) morning assembly on Monday, Health Secretary Enrique Ona said the drying up of waterways in summer makes them breeding grounds of mosquitoes and other disease carriers.

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