Pangasinan dengue cases down from last year

By Venus H. Sarmiento

Lingayen, Pangasinan (8 July) — Dengue cases in the province may have waned compared to last year’s data but the campaign to eradicate the said disease remains vigorous.

Dr. Don Doria, Medical Specialist of the Provincial Health Office, said Pangasinan registered a total of 120 suspected dengue cases from January to July 5 of this year, a marked improvement from the more than 300 cases for the same period last year.

No death was recorded since January, Doria added.

Doria said their collated data came from the province’s 14 government hospitals, the Region I Medical Center in Dagupan City and from private hospitals.

Doria urged the public to always practice cleanliness inside and outside the house to avoid the bites of dreaded day-biting mosquitoes. (PIA-Pangasinan)