Pagtaas ng kaso ng leptospirosis at dengue, tinututukan ng DOH
Pagtaas ng kaso ng leptospirosis at dengue, tinututukan ng DOH
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00:00The Department of Health continues to increase the number of cases of leptospirosis and dengue
00:05after the typhoon Karina and Habagata.
00:08According to the DOH, from August 8 to 13,
00:12523 new cases of leptospirosis were added.
00:17423 were adults and 100 were children.
00:218 of them were on mechanical ventilators and 243 were recommended for dialysis.
00:2743 of them died of leptospirosis.
00:31As of now, there is no shortage of hospital beds in hospitals in the country.
00:35From January 1 to August 3,
00:37more than 136,000 cases of dengue were reported,
00:41of which 364 died.
00:43Meanwhile, the last reported case of mpax or monkeypax
00:47was in December 2023.
00:51At the same time, the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency
00:55because of its new strain.
00:58The public health emergency was declared because of clade 1b.
01:02The clade 1b of mpax is a little more contagious,
01:07the symptoms that can be seen,
01:09but the important information is that it is not yet visible outside the African continent.