DOH to team up with LGUs to prevent hike in leptospirosis cases

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00:00Leptospirosis cases that surfaced in the last torrential rains and flooding brought about

00:05by Super Typhoon Karina in tandem with the southwest monsoon won't be that high or

00:10many.

00:11So vowed the country's health czar in the Malacanang Insider Program, in which he vowed

00:16greater cooperation with local governments over a much tighter handle on solid waste

00:22disposal and management.

00:24Trash bins and containers or garbage piled up on the streets are the domain of rodents

00:29which flourish in such a filthy environment that spill and spread to infect humans while

00:35flash floods strike.

00:37In addition, the Department of Health or DOH and the Department of Education or DepEd are

00:42hooking up for an awareness program to be disseminated in schools to pound into students'

00:48heads the perils and risks of illness stemming from rat disease infection or leptospirosis.

00:55Latest DOH records show leptospirosis cases reached 523 from which 45 infections eventually

01:02went or proved fatal.

01:04Even more, DOH Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said more and more hospitals are much better equipped

01:11and prepped in the event leptospirosis cases are admitted for treatment.