The Department of Health is monitoring Central Luzon and Central Visayas for posting the highest increase in pertussis cases in March.
Parents avail of the pentavalent vaccine for their children and attend a small seminar on pertussis at a health center in Barangay Pinyahan, Quezon City on March 22, 2024.MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health is monitoring Central Luzon and Central Visayas for posting the highest increase in pertussis cases in March.
Herbosa said Calabarzon recorded 187 cases or 22 percent of the total cases. The region logged only three cases last year.Herbosa said the DOH is redistributing vaccines to areas with outbreaks of pertussis. Provincial health officer Girlie Pinongan said 23 suspected cases were also recorded in the province.
He said 500,000 of the 1.3 million target population for vaccination in the region had been immunized against measles.Herbosa said the measles outbreak in the region started in September last year, with only 50 percent of vulnerable children vaccinated against the disease.At least 592 measles cases have been recorded in the region since January, with three deaths.
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