ILOILO CITY: The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas raised the alert level against dengue fever in the region, following the alarming upsurge of incidence with 3,653 cases and eight deaths in the last five months this year.
Medical Officer IV, Dr. Rose Marie Lamirez, said the disease outbreak caused by the vector Aedes aegypti, mosquitoes, has reached 153 percent increase in the region compared to the 2015 level of 1,446 cases and three deaths from January to June 11 2015.
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