{"id":14965,"date":"2014-06-14T11:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T03:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=14965"},"modified":"2014-06-14T11:51:38","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T03:51:38","slug":"6-deaths-2107-dengue-cases-recorded-in-northern-mindanao-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/06\/14\/6-deaths-2107-dengue-cases-recorded-in-northern-mindanao-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"6 deaths, 2,107 dengue cases recorded in Northern Mindanao this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_14967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14967\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denguw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14967\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/denguw.jpg\" alt=\"Wikipedia Photo\" width=\"216\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wikipedia Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -\u2013 Health officials reported on Friday that six deaths and a total of 2,107 cases of dengue were recorded in Northern Mindanao this year.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jocelyn Torrecampo of the Department of Health (DOH) said Misamis Oriental registered the highest with 447 dengue cases. Bukidnon came in second with 345, followed by Misamis Occidental, 305; Lanao Del Norte, 76; and Camiguin 61.<\/p>\n<p>Torreampo added the DOH also recorded 170 dengue cases in Iligan City and 129 cases in Ozamis City since January this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost the six patients who died of dengue fever were aged one to nine years old,&#8221; Torrecampo said.<\/p>\n<p>Torrecampo said health officials blamed the rapid urbanization and climate change as the primary reason leading to the rise of dengue cases nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>She said local governments should prepare against problems on sanitation and the growing population, as well as unpredictable weather due to climate change.<\/p>\n<p>As part of precautionary measures, Torrecampo urged school and barangay officials to form a \u201cDengue Brigade Advocacy\u201d group in their areas who would spread and practice the 4:00 o\u2019clock habit of destroying possible sources and breeding sites of dengue-carrier mosquitoes.<\/p>\n<p>There are two mosquitoes that carry the dengue fever virus &#8212; Aedes aegypti and the Asian tiger mosquito (A. albopictus).<\/p>\n<p>Torrecampo said the \u201c4S methods\u201d have been proven effective in the fight against the spread of dengue infection. These are:<\/p>\n<p>1. Search and destroy breeding sites, wherein water containers should be covered, water in flower vases should be changed and rooftop gutters should be de-clogged, among others.<\/p>\n<p>2. Self-protection. Wear long-sleeves and use mosquito repellants.<\/p>\n<p>3. Seek early advice or consultation at the nearest health center if you have symptoms or fever without any other causes.<\/p>\n<p>4. Say Yes to fogging when there is an impending outbreak in your area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;\">Torrecampo said the DOH conducted massive awareness campaign nationwide even before the start of the rainy season and opening of classes this year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -\u2013 Health officials reported on Friday that six deaths and a total of 2,107 cases of &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":14967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[5248,581],"class_list":["post-14965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","tag-dengue-cases","tag-mindanao","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}