00:00The Department of Health of DOH is teaching climate change as one of the reasons for the rise of dengue cases in the country.
00:09According to the agency, the number of cases reported this year has reached 28,234.
00:1540% more than the reported cases in 2024.
00:21In the past, whenever it rained, the number of dengue cases increased.
00:25Now, even though it's still early in the year, there's already an outbreak in some places,
00:30including Quezon City, where 10 are infected and more than 1,700 have been infected within 2 months.
00:38In addition to Quezon City, there are 8 other LGUs being monitored and assisted by DOH,
00:45particularly in the region of Luzon.
00:48The agency did not provide any information, especially to the local government agencies.
00:57According to the DOH, aside from climate change,
01:00another reason for the rise of dengue cases in the environment and infrastructure
01:05is that the agency continues to call for a clean and proper environment as a protection against dengue.
01:13The declaration of an outbreak does not mean that it's a disease.
01:17This means that the number of cases has increased more than what is usually expected in one part of the year.
01:25When we declare an outbreak through our mayors or our governors,
01:31there is an outbreak response.
01:34We can see this in the community clean-up drives.
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