Dengue cases: increase of more than 700% in Davao City

According to the City Health Office of Davao City, the recordings of dengue cases has since this years beginning increased to more than 700 percent. This result is compared to the same period in 2011.

In an interview with Sun.Star Davao published on July 28, Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, city health officer, said that the city recorded a total of 3,952 dengue cases in the first seven months of 2012, signifying an increase of 726.8 percent as compared to 478 cases during the same period in 2011.

In regard of the mortality rate, as of Thursday (July), 30 cases of deaths had been reported as an outcome of this disease, which is 87.5 percent higher than last year's 16 deaths (first seven months of 2011)

Dr. Villafuerte does not believe that the local health sector did not a good job. She noted that the local government in Davao City has been intensifying all their campaigns in fighting dengue incidents, educating schools and works, and as well introducing a 4 o'clock habit in the communities.

"We can attribute the significant increase on the effects of global warming and the seemingly mutation of mosquitoes' behavior", said she in Bisaya to the newspaper.