Though dengue cases have declined by 50 percent this year, the Department of Health cautioned the public against complaisance as dengue-carrying mosquitoes are expected to attack during the rainy season.

“We don’t have any reason to be complacent now. If we don’t do something, we may be caught off-guard [by] a sudden rise in dengue cases,” DOH spokesperson Lyndon Lee Suy told a press conference earlier this week.

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