ZAMBOANGA
CITY - With over 200 accounted dengue cases and
10 fatalities recorded from January 1 to
February 18 as reported by Assistant
City Health Officer Dr. Carol Carabaña , Mayor Celso Lobregat appealed to the
public to cooperate and renew efforts to search and destroy breeding grounds of
dengue carrier mosquitoes.
City Information Officer (IO) Sheila Covarrubias in a press statement said the mayor encourages every household to share in the anti-dengue efforts to combat the continued rise of dengue cases in the city.
“Last year, over 4,000 cases of the mosquito-borne disease were registered with 37 fatalities. Due to the extremely high dengue cases, a dengue outbreak was declared last May 10, 2012,” Covarrubias recalled.
“People should be cautions of the possible breeding places of dengue-carrier mosquitoes like clean stagnant water, canals, flower vases, old tires, gutters and piles of garbage,” Covarrubias enumerated.
To help address the situation, the active lady IO informed that the CHO is spearheading a noise barrage through a motorcade around the city on Friday to arouse people’s awareness on the dengue disease.
“The different barangays are encouraged to participate in the noise barrage that will kick off at the CHO compound in Pettit Barracks. It will pass through the different barangays in both the east and west coasts and culminate also at Pettit Barracks where a meeting of all stakeholders will follow,” Covarrubias said. (PIA9)
