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THE Quezon City government on Saturday declared a dengue outbreak <\/strong>after cases increased by 200 percent from Jan. 1 to Feb. 14.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte, in a statement, said the declaration of a dengue outbreak aims to ensure that they are on top of the situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She said they are doing everything they can to protect the residents from the deadly disease, especially the children.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n From January 1 to February 14, 2025, the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division (CESD) of Quezon City recorded a total of 1,769 cases or nearly 200% higher than last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The statement from the local government stated that eight of the 10 fatalities were minors.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Based on the cases reported, 58% are school-age children 5 to 17 years old while 44% are children aged 1 to 10.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cMga bata ang karamihan sa mga nagiging biktima ng nakamamatay na sakit na ito. Kaya nananawagan ako sa mga kapwa ko magulang na sama-sama nating protektahan ang ating mga anak laban sa dengue,\u201d Belmonte said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The mayor urged parents to monitor and observe the health conditions of their children and join the clean-up drives.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n She said all health centers in the city will be opened during the weekends to address the late diagnosis of dengue.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Free dengue test kits are also available in health centers and hospitals.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cQCitizens, kung may nararamdaman na kayong sintomas ng dengue tulad ng lagnat, sakit ng ulo, at pananakit ng kasu-kasuan, pumunta na kayo agad sa pinakamalapit na health center sa inyong lugar,\u201d the Quezon City mayor said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Quezon City government has issued reminders asking residents to take precautions against dengue.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This include the use of mosquito repellent, the wearing of protective clothing such as long sleeves and long pants, and eliminating stagnant water from containers, tires and drainage systems.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Last Friday, the Department of Health reported a spike in dengue cases, with 28,234 r cases reported as of February 1, 2025. The number is 40-percent hinger that the previous year.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Quezon City government on Saturday declared a dengue outbreak after cases increased by 200 percent from Jan. 1 to Feb. 14. Quezon City Mayor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11836"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11838,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11836\/revisions\/11838"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}