Dengue victims up 700% in Davao City

BY JOANNA C. BALANZA Dengue has killed 30 by end of July this year, double the number of victims at 16 for the same period last year,
The deadly tropical disease also recorded an alarming number of victims also for the same period downing 3,952  compared to  last year’s 478 victims or a 700 percent increase, according to Dr. Josephine Villafuerte, city health officer.
The disease killed 27 people in 2011.
The health officer said the drastic increase can be blamed on global warming or mutation of the dengue virus-carrying mosquito.
She said the increase was not for lack of effort of the health office, which is conducting ongoing community-based campaigns to educate people on prevention and control of the disease.