DOH, nakatutok sa pagtaas ng kaso ng leptospirosis at dengue kasunod ng Bagyong Carina at habagat

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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.

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