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.