Via Inquirer, excerpt :
" ROXAS CITY : The city council here has declared an outbreak of dengue fever in the city in the wake of the rising number of cases that has reached 444, with five deaths, since January until Aug. 7. The council held a special session on Saturday, upon the request of Mayor Angel Alan Celino, just to declare the outbreak.
Celino said the Department of Health (DoH) considers dengue cases here to have reached epidemic proportions, and cited the many cases especially in the villages of Lawaan and Banica. The number of cases in the city alone already surpassed some 300 dengue cases recorded for the whole province of Capiz in 2009.
From January to July, the dengue cases in Capiz have surged to 1,535 with 12 deaths. The provincial government led by Gov. Victor Tanco Sr. has earlier declared Capiz under a state of calamity on Aug. 2."
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