Wednesday, July 16, 2014

PRO/MBDS> Chikungunya - Philippines: Ilocos Sur, susp, RFI

Chikungunya -- Worldwide/Unknown

The Department of Health (DOH), through its Provincial Health Team Office (PHTO) here, is verifying what could be an outbreak of chikungunya in 2 barangays of Santa Lucia in Ilocos Sur province.

Dave Zaragoza, monitoring officer of the PHTO-Ilocos Sur, said at least 62 cases of suspected chikungunya virus infections have been reported in Barangays Paoc Norte and San Pedro, here.

"However, there's no confirmation yet whether it is chikungunya or not, because the results of the examination



Source: HealthMap Global Disease Alerts http://ift.tt/1tRTa0T

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