Bacolod Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson yesterday said they will request  the release of an initial P2 million from the calamity fund of the city to be used in preventing the possible community transmission of the Influenza A(H1N1) virus.

He said the fund will be used to buy protective equipment needed by health personnel, and for the information dissemination they will conduct in the public schools as part of the thrust to control community transmission of the virus.

Sayson said that, together with the City Health Office, they will meet with the school principals Friday on the information drive.

The CHO is now conducting seminars for Barangay Health Emergency Response Teams on the protocol of A(H1N1) and what the public should do in case of community transmission, which they are trying to prevent, he said.

They also met with the Task Force on A(H1N1) and hotel owners on Tuesday to adopt measures to help mitigate the spread of the virus, he added.

 “So we continually advocate good hygiene and surveillance on the part of the local governments,” he added. 

Eunice Bedonia, DOH provincial health team leader, said that even if A(H1N1) is a new disease, there is a specific treatment for it, while they can only provide supportive treatment for dengue which has no specific treatment.

City Health Officer Dr. Salome Biñas said cases of dengue in Bacolod has increased with the start of the rainy season and is higher compared to that of last year. She said that out of the more than 200 reported cases, there have been two deaths from dengue since January.

CHO Statistician Warlito Vallente said that as of June 6, there were 257 recorded cases of dengue in Bacolod. 

Biñas said they continue applying larvaecide in the different barangays in the city and conducting dengue awareness campaigns.*CGS

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