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Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental. (PNA) DUMAGUETE CITY - At least nine water sources from different areas in Vallehermoso town, Negros Oriental province, tested positive for E.coli (Escherichia coli) bacteria that left five people dead, and more cases reported over the weekend. Jennifer Remollo, the provincial officer of the Department of Health (DOH) in Negros Oriental, told the Philippine News Agency in an interview Monday that laboratory tests were done from water samples taken from these sources after the number of cases skyrocketed last week. "As of today, our office has recorded 203 ca...

Dengue virus-carrying mosquito. (PNA file photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Negros Oriental reported its sixth mortality case due to dengue in the midst of the continuous climb of cases in the province. Records at the Provincial Health Office (PHO) on Thursday showed that as of the latest weekly reporting, a total of 991 cases were logged across the province from January 1 to July 23. This is 153 percent higher than the 391 cases and zero death recorded in the same period last year. The reported deaths are two from Bayawan City, and one each from this capital city, Guihulngan City, Sta. Catalina, and Ba...

DENGUE ALERT. The dengue virus-carrying mosquito Aedes Aegypti. The Department of Health in Negros Oriental reported the fourth death due to dengue from January to July 9 this year. (File photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - Entomological dengue surveillance is now being conducted in different towns and cities in Negros Oriental amid rising cases of the viral disease, a key Department of Health (DOH) official here said on Thursday. DOH-Negros Oriental provincial officer Jennifer Remollo said the intensified monitoring of dengue cases and the entomological surveys of dengue vector mosquitoes come on the hee...

(File photo) DUMAGUETE CITY - The Department of Health (DOH) - Negros Oriental has recorded an increase in dengue cases in the province since early May amid the onset of the rainy season, the easing of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) restrictions, and the opening of borders. In an interview, DOH-Negros Oriental provincial officer Jennifer Remollo attributed the rise in dengue cases to lesser movement restrictions due to the pandemic. "People are now starting to get out of their homes compared to the past two years or so where the majority had to stay indoors due to the pandemic,"...

DUMAGUETE CITY - Health authorities in Negros Oriental are calling on the public to support and participate in efforts to prevent the rise in cases of dengue amid the onset of the rainy season and "outbreak" year. Assistant Provincial Health Officer Dr. Liland Estacion on Tuesday told the Philippine News Agency that this year is "critical" because it is an "epidemic year" for dengue. Every three years, health authorities here are on the lookout for dengue outbreaks, or an "epidemic year", when cases peak, especially during the rainy months starting in Ju...