BAGUIO CITY – This city government became a recipient of an award for its excellent vaccination program against Covid-19.
Photo via Zaldy Comanda Mayor Benjamin Magalong, Dr. Rowena Galpo, health services officer and Dr. Celia Flor Brillantes, assistant head and vaccination operations, received
BAGUIO CITY – A ten-year-old boy from Barangay City Camp Central is this city’s first registered fatality from dengue this year. Dr. Rowena Galpo, city health officer, said the victim had fever on June 16 and was brought to the hospital. He died on June 27 and the cause of death was determined to b
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office (CHSO) reported a steady increase in dengue cases from January to June 21 where about 306 confirmed cases were recorded. The number is 90 percent higher than the 161 recorded in the same period last year. City Health Officer Dr. Rowena Galpo said durin
BAGUIO CITY – An intensified house-to-house search and destroy activity for possible mosquito breeding grounds will be conducted here for four consecutive Thursdays starting June 23. Mayor Benjamin Magalong here called on the academe, non-government organizations, the business community, and privat
DENGUE DASHBOARD. Personnel from the sanitation division of the Health Services Office in Baguio City conduct anti-dengue spraying operations in a critical area where clustering was logged in this photo taken in early June. The HSO said it is adapting the same dashboard used in monitoring coronavirus disease 2019 cases to properly manage dengue cases which have recently doubled. (PNA photo courtesy of PIO-Baguio) BAGUIO CITY - The local government has decided to adapt its coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) dashboard for its anti-dengue drive to manage rising cases in the city. "The HSO is shifting its gears using the same data analysis tool and protocols in managing the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases to address dengue cases, particularly the regular publication of cases for public awareness which will be called the dengue dashboard," Rowena Galpo, the chief city health officer, said on Monday. She said like in their Covid-19 daily information dashboard, the city&#