DOH: 453 pertussis case, naitala sa unang 10 linggo ng 2024; facemask, nirekomenda

9 months ago

Inirerekomenda ng DOH ang pag-fe-facemask sa gitna ng pagdami ng kaso ng "pertussis" o "whooping cough." Ang Quezon City Hall nga, nagdeklara na ng pertussis outbreak.

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00:00 [Music]

00:02 [Coughing]

00:05 If this is how your loved ones are living, especially children in the family,

00:09 the one who can't stop coughing and is running out of breath,

00:13 don't let it go to your head and consult a doctor immediately.

00:16 Because this could be the one spreading pertussis or whooping cough.

00:21 If it's not taken care of, it could result in complications of death, especially for children and infants.

00:26 The complications of pertussis is when the cough doesn't stop,

00:32 you can reduce your body's oxygen, you can have respiratory failure, you can have pneumonia.

00:38 This is very dangerous for children less than one year old, especially infants who don't have vaccines.

00:46 Unlike COVID and other cases, it's not a virus but a bacteria.

00:50 The disease of pertussis is the reason why it can be treated by antibiotics.

00:54 Just like COVID, the way to get infected is through respiratory droplets

00:58 that come out of the mouth and nose, in the throat or throat.

01:01 That's why Dr. Solantien recommends it as an additional protection,

01:05 especially in places where there are many cases of pertussis,

01:08 wearing a face mask during school.

01:10 It's not safe for the elderly,

01:12 even though they can't experience the severe symptoms,

01:15 they can still get infected by bacteria.

01:18 Adults are also one of the sources of infection.

01:20 That's why it's important for adults to go to their doctors,

01:25 especially for the elderly, to get vaccinated so that it's protected

01:30 and the symptoms won't be transmitted to the children.

01:34 According to the Department of Health,

01:35 there were 453 cases of whooping cough in the first 10 weeks of the year.

01:40 It's far from the number of cases recorded in the same period in the past five years.

01:44 In Quezon City, in the first three months of 2024,

01:48 more than 20 cases of whooping cough were recorded.

01:52 It's close to the number of 27 cases recorded in the city in the whole year of 2023.

01:58 That's why the local government said,

02:00 "We need to declare that we have a pertussis outbreak in Quezon City."

02:08 In Barangay Payatas B,

02:10 the City Health Department's epidemiology and surveillance team was there.

02:15 It's not said that this is where the infection started,

02:18 but this is where the number one case was recorded this year.

02:22 They got sick.

02:24 Their relative also had symptoms.

02:27 On March 8, the twin sister also tested positive for the pertussis.

02:33 Her relative was infected.

02:35 Unfortunately, one of them died.

02:39 The other two siblings of case number one also tested positive.

02:43 The LGU quarantined the household that was infected with pertussis.

02:48 It's easy to get the pertussis if you're infected.

02:51 But it spreads quickly if there are many who are not vaccinated in the community.

02:55 According to the QCLGU, they have a problem with the vaccine.

02:59 Quezon City needs more than 42,000 doses of the Pantavalent vaccine

03:05 to stop the spread of the disease.

03:08 The Department of Health said that the supply will arrive in July.

03:12 That's why they're looking for other suppliers.

03:15 If there's a supply of Pantavalent vaccine,

03:20 we won't declare an outbreak because that means that we can easily control the situation.

03:27 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Mark Salazar.

03:31 Ivan, there's also a person who got infected.

03:32 24 hours.

03:34 [ ♪ ]

DOH: 453 pertussis case, naitala sa unang 10 linggo ng 2024; facemask, nirekomenda | 24 Oras

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