BALANGA City: Dengue cases in Bataan has increased by almost 600 percent as of January and February of 2025 compared to last year.
Gov. Jose Enrique Garcia 3rd on Wednesday described the situation as alarming and asked the help of everyone.
The governor said that on the average in the whole province in 2024, there were only one to four cases per town but this year for the months of January and February only, there are already towns with 10, 20 to 30 cases.
He said that health officials explained that there is a cycle of dengue becoming aggressive every four years.
“Tumataas ang bilang natin, lumalaki nagkakaroon ng spike pero sabi ko nga kahit may cycle pa iyan nakikiusap tayo sa lahat ng ating mga kababayan sa pangunguna ng ating mga barangay officials baka kailangan pa nating mas linisin ang ating lugar,” he said.
“Kasi anong pinagbago ng paglilinis natin noong November, December kumpara ngayong January, February, malamang pareho lang. Ibig sabihin baka kulang pa ang ginagawa nating paglilinis kaya medyo tumaas ang mga kaso natin ngayon,” Garcia said.
He said that the rise in dengue cases should be contained. “Sana sa tulong ng bawat isa pati na ang ating mga mamamayan makatulong sa kalinisan sa kanilang tahanan para hindi tayo magkasakit ng dengue at wala sanang mamatay ng dahil dito.”
“Sa tingin ko kung 600% ang increase, maaaring may outbreak na pero aalamin muna natin sa Provincial Health Office kung ano na. Pero ang laki ng diperensiya. Meron tayong mga bayan na mayroong iisa lang ang kaso last year. Di ba gawin mo lang 10 iyon eh di 1,000% increase na agad ‘yon?”, Garcia said.
He said that thank God there was no report of death yet from dengue but he considers the situation as alarming considering that for the first two months only of 2025, cases have risen by 600% and we still have 10 months. (30
