There is a “slight” increase in the number of rabies cases this year, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) said.
A total of 55 rabies cases were already recorded as of Feb. 25. This is eight percent higher than the 51 cases logged during the same period last year, said DOH-Epidemiology Bureau Director Dr. Alethea De Guzman in a forum on Friday, March 10.
“Remember for the past three years, we have been very focused on Covid-19. And it is only recently we have resources for diseases other than Covid-19,” she added. “Seventy-two percent of our cases naman ay mga lalaki , so ang greater proportion ay among the male sex,” he added.There are eight provinces in the Philippines that were already declared as “rabies-free,” said De Guzman.
These include Negros Oriental , Camotes Island , Negros Occidental , Southern Leyte Palawan , Quezon , Surigao Del Norte Batangas , Iloilo , Masbate , Bohol , Northern Samar , and Zamboanga Sibugay .
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