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there would be muscle aches, pains, swollen glands, and this would be followed by the emergence of a pustular rash. you get the spots a lot like the chickenpox spots that we see frequently, that also like the smallpox rash were used to see before we eradicated smallpox stock thatis before we eradicated smallpox stock that is not surprising as they are actually close relatives of each other. the intubation period is normally about a week, it can be three weeks at most, and people are usually ill for a week and then they get better. in the case of about 3% of people in the cases we have documented historically, it was a severe disease, and people may lose their lives. what is surprising this time is that out of the 14,000 cases that have now been identified, the number of people that lost their lives is thankfully very few. it is about five people. that suggests the data we were using in africa, based on cases coming from africa about the severity, are perhaps misleading, and properly th
BACOLOD CITY - The health offices of Negros Occidental and this provincial capital have reported an increase in dengue cases from January to the third week of April. As of Friday, data from the Provincial Health Office (PHO) showed a total of 278 cases were reported from January to April 23 this year, which is higher by 71 percent compared to 116 cases recorded during the same period in 2021. Dr. Ernell Tumimbang, provincial health officer, said although the cases cannot be considered alarming yet as the number is still below the 500-case threshold and could not be declared an epidemic. Three deaths were reported in the first four months this year, PHO records also showed. In Bacolod, dengue cases reached 96 cases from January to April 23, or an increase of 39.1 percent from 69 cases for the same period last year, based on the report of the City Epidemiological Surveillance Unit. Two deaths were also reported, which is similar to the number of fatalities in the first four months of the