Dengue surge prompts DOH Bicol to raise Code Blue alert

Dengue surge prompts DOH Bicol to raise Code Blue alert

LEGAZPI CITY — The Department of Health has raised a Code Blue alert in the Bicol region amid a 19-percent increase in dengue cases, with the hospital bed occupancy rate exceeding capacity. The regional health office recorded 2,167 dengue cases from Jan. 1 to Sept. 5, up 19 percent from the same period last year, according to its Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit. READ: Dengue cases hit 200 in Naga City; state of calamity declared Dengue bed utilization had reached 107 percent as of Se