Chairman of Region Six David Armogan last week confirmed that there is an outbreak of dengue fever in Region Six with over 100 cases recorded as of last Thursday.
Dengue is a viral infection which is transmitted to humans through a bite from an infected mosquito. Most commonly the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Armogan who was speaking at the Regional Democratic Council’s statutory meeting on Thursday relayed that there were 107 cases reported thus far in the region. According to him, “In the last twenty-four hours, we have 24 cases which is not good enough at all.”
