Dengue epidemic declared in Philippines; over 600 dead, nearly 150,000 cases in 2019

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Dengue epidemic declared in the Philippines in the wake of more than 600 deaths and over 146,000 cases of the disease having been recorded in 2019 alone – a 98% increase from the previous year.

A dengue epidemic has been declared in the Philippines in the wake of more than 600 deaths and over 146,000 cases of the disease having been recorded in 2019 alone – a 98% increase from the previous year.

Several other countries in the Western Pacific region such as Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam have been dealing with an increase in dengue cases and deaths this year, according to the WHO. “Starting today, the Department of Health together with other government agencies … schools, offices, and communities will … focus on search and destroy of mosquito breeding sites," the country's department of health said in a statement announcing the epidemic."This is one of the primary interventions to prevent and control dengue.

 

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So that is a biological warfare tactic. It is impossible for a virus to spread through a population like that. The chance that it mutated is more likely and they have no vaccines.

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