Maybe it’s time to hoard mosquito repellents.
“Department of Health (DOH) personnel are investigating reports about the sudden increase in mosquito density in Gagalangin, Tondo in Manila as well as in some villages in Pasig City,” reports Sheila Crisostomo in The Philippine Star.
Thankfully, “DOH Undersecretary Ted Herbosa allayed fears of a possible increase in dengue and chikungunya cases, as mosquitoes reportedly proliferating in these areas are not aedes aegypti, but culex.”
Herbosa was quoted as saying, “Culex are ordinary mosquitoes and they just bite. But who knows? There may also be aedes aegypti (which are the dengue culprits) among them so we should not be complacent.”
Herbosa also added that “it is premature to assume there is an abnormal increase in mosquitoes.”
Well, we’d rather be paranoid than dead.
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