DOH, nakatutok sa pagtaas ng kaso ng leptospirosis at dengue kasunod ng Bagyong Carina at habagat
DOH, nakatutok sa pagtaas ng kaso ng leptospirosis at dengue kasunod ng Bagyong Carina at habagat
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00:00The Health Department continues to focus on increasing the number of cases of leptospirosis and dengue
00:06after the recent typhoon and typhoon Habagat.
00:09According to the DOH, from August 8 to August 13,
00:13more than 500 new cases of leptospirosis have been added.
00:18423 are adults and 100 are children.
00:22Eight of them have mechanical ventilators.
00:25243 were recommended for dialysis.
00:2943 were diagnosed with leptospirosis.
00:33As of now, there are no hospital beds in hospitals in the country.
00:38From January 1 to August 3,
00:41more than 136,000 cases of dengue have been reported,
00:45of which more than 100 have died.
00:48Meanwhile, the case of mpox or monkeypox is still in the SHAM,
00:53and the last reported case was in December 2023.
00:57At the same time, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency
01:02because of its new strain.
01:05The public health emergency was declared because there is clade 1b.
01:09The clade 1b of mpox is a little more contagious,
01:14the symptoms that can be seen,
01:15but the important information is that it is not yet seen outside the African continent.