Negros Occidental has highest dengue rate in Western Visayas

Dengue cases in Negros Occidental have increased by 287% over the last year, the highest rate in Western Visayas, and Governor Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson described the spread of the mosquito-borne disease as alarming on Tuesday, May 31.

But in Bacolod City, the province’s independently administered capital, health workers on Wednesday, June 1, said residents were reluctant to go to hospitals for consultation because of COVID-19 protocols that require Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction swab tests. The 2022 figure for Bacolod is more than 70% higher compared to cases in the same period last year, which had 80 infections and two deaths.The head nurse of Barangay Singcang Airport, which has currently the most number of dengue cases in the city, told the news outfit Digicast Negros that mothers also fear they could end up in quarantine centers while awaiting results of the COVID-19 test.

City health office environment sanitation division chief Dr. Grace Tan urged families with sick members to go to the city health compound fast lane where admissions can be coordinated with hospitals.

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