RT AP_Images The Philippines' Department of Health declared the country's outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic. AaronFavila
The Philippines' Department of Health on Tuesday declared the country's outbreak of dengue to be a national epidemic.
The Department of Health said that starting Tuesday, it was conducting a campaign to focus on finding and destroying mosquito breeding sites, which is a primary means of containing dengue. Other government agencies, local government units, schools, offices and communities will join in the effort, it said.
A man receives treatment for dengue, with his son standing beside him, at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Patients receive treatment for dengue at Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, July 31, 2019.
A young dengue patient rests inside a room at the San Lazaro government hospital in Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019.
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