"Mukhang may ongoing transmission doon in the last two weeks of March," Health Secretary Ted Herbosa said during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum yesterday.
DOH data showed that up to 1,112 cases of pertussis have been reported nationwide from Jan. 1 to March 30. Only 28 cases were recorded during the same period last year.
Herbosa said Calabarzon recorded 187 cases or 22 percent of the total cases. The region logged only three cases last year.
Central Luzon reported 132 cases.
Herbosa said the DOH is redistributing vaccines to areas with outbreaks of pertussis.
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