June is National Dengue Awareness Month. According to the latest data from the Department of Health (DOH), over 1,100 people, almost half of them children age 5 to 9, died of dengue in 2019.
The DOH declared a national dengue epidemic last year when cases reached 271,480 from January to August, the highest in Southeast Asia.
—Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
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