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The Zamboanga City Health Office. (PNA file photo) ZAMBOANGA CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) said Tuesday it has recorded a total of 2,223 dengue cases with 19 deaths in the city since January. In a statement, CHO said it has also monitored 39 dengue-related hospital admissions since January. Based on the CHO data, seven barangays logged over 100 cases of dengue since January. These are barangays Sta. Maria, 138; Pasonanca, 129; Tetuan, 128; Putik, 121; San Roque, 119; Mercedes, 117); Tumaga, 110. Other barangays with a significant number of dengue cases are Calarian, 89; Divisoria, 67; Guiwan, 67; Cabatangan, 65; Boalan, 64; Tugbungan, 57; Culianan, 54; and, Talon-Talon, 51. Barangay with high dengue cases are continuously carrying out fumigation and misting, coupled with clean-up drives and search-and-destroy activities, the CHO said. On Monday, officials of Barangay Sta. Maria and the City Health Office launched massive fumigation and misting to contain the rising cases of dengu
MASSIVE FUMIGATION. Officials of Brgy. Sta. Maria, Zamboanga City and the City Health Office launch massive fumigation Monday (May 30, 2022) to prevent the spread of dengue cases in the village. Sta. Maria has the highest cases of dengue in Zamboanga City with 125 cases recorded since January. (Photo courtesy of Sta. Maria Barangay Information Office) ZAMBOANGA CITY - Officials of Brgy. Sta. Maria and the City Health Office (CHO) launched Monday massive fumigation and misting to contain the rising cases of dengue in the village. Data released by the CHO showed that since January, Barangay Sta. Maria has recorded 125 cases, the highest among the 15 barangays with high cases of dengue. Los Eli Angeles, the barangay chairperson said the fogging and misting were part of the "search and destroy activities" in neighborhoods where high dengue cases are reported. "The operation is done by three groups that are deployed to areas or zones with the highest number of dengue cases,&q