LAOAG CITY—Officials of Dingras town in Ilocos Norte have placed their rice producing municipality under a state of calamity due to the rise in dengue cases there.
Mayor Erdio Valenzuela on Wednesday said health officials are monitoring 66 suspected cases of dengue fever since the onset of the rainy season. A child from the flood-prone village of San Marcelino died recently due to the disease transmitted by mosquitoes.
“It was already too late when they brought the child to the hospital,” the mayor said.

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