Posted by: quintessentialy on: October 28, 2009
DoH on ‘high alert’ for virus outbreaks By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:38:00 10/28/2009 Filed Under: Health, Flood MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Health is now on “high alert” to address the leptospirosis outbreak in areas that were flooded by tropical storm Ondoy and typhoon Pepeng, its top official said Wednesday. Since October [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: October 28, 2009
Leptospirosis deaths climb to 167–DoH By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 15:35:00 10/26/2009 Filed Under: Health, Diseases, Disasters (general) MANILA, Philippines—Almost a month after storm Ondoy flooded Manila and Rizal, about 167 Filipinos have died from leptospirosis, a health official said Monday. The country’s total number of leptospirosis cases related to the Ondoy floods alone [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: October 22, 2009
148 die due to leptospirosis – DoH By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 17:34:00 10/22/2009 Filed Under: Health, Diseases, Flood MANILA, Philippines – Less than a month after most of Luzon was submerged in floods, the Department of Health (DoH) reported 148 deaths out of 1,963 Filipinos afflicted with leptospirosis as of October 21. Health [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: October 15, 2009
Ondoy, Pepeng victims can register on Sundays–Comelec By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 16:14:00 10/15/2009 Filed Under: News, Ondoy, Pepeng, Flood, Eleksyon 2010 MANILA, Philippines—The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will extend the voters registration to Sundays for residents of areas that were flooded by tropical storm Ondoy and typhoon Pepeng, a spokesman said. Comelec spokesman [...]
Posted by: quintessentialy on: October 14, 2009
DoH warns against rise in leptospirosis cases in next two weeks By Anna Valmero INQUIRER.net First Posted 16:25:00 10/14/2009 Filed Under: Diseases, Health MANILA, Philippines—The Department of Health (DoH) on Wednesday warned the public against water-borne disease leptospirosis, which has infected close to 400 Filipinos in Metro Manila, an official said. Health Secretary Francisco Duque [...]
