Crowded ward: Dengue patients and their relatives at San Lazaro Hospital in Manila. — AP
MANILA: Faced with a “staggering” rate of infection placed at 5,100 cases per week, the Department of Health has declared a national dengue epidemic that has claimed at least 622 lives since January.
The announcement on Tuesday came three weeks after the department issued a national dengue alert following a spike in reported cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease.
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