Eastern Samar town intensifies drive vs dengue as 16 cases recorded

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TACLOBAN CITY – The municipal government of Guiuan, Eastern Samar has ordered an intensified environmental sanitation campaign after the town recorded 16 confirmed dengue cases from January to the second week of July, with more than half of the infections reported in a single village.

Mayor Annaliza Gonzales-Kwan on Thursday, July 16, issued Executive Order No. 07-94-2026, directing all 60 barangays to immediately mobilize and strengthen clean-up and dengue prevention activities to curb the spread of the mosquito-borne disease.

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Eastern Samar town intensifies drive vs dengue as 16 cases recorded

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