CEBU CITY – Dengue cases in Cebu City have gone down by more than half as of Jan. 11, 2012 compared to the same period last year.
The Cebu City Epidemiology Surveillance and Statistics Unit of the Cebu City Health Department recorded 20 cases only from January 1 to 11 this year compared to 41 last year.
CESSU records showed that the cases were spread in at least 15 barangays in the city with Tisa and Pasil having two cases each.
Cebu City Epidemiologist Durenda Macasucol said there was no reported fatality so far this month compared to two deaths in January last year.
But one of the victims Mikel Rama, son of Mayor Michael Rama, who has been confined in a private hospital since Tuesday.
The mayor said Mikel has not reached a point where blood transfusion is needed but the family is preparing for it. He said Mikel has no idea where he got the virus since he had been around the past weeks.*PNA
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