THE city government of Iloilo officially declared an outbreak of pertussis, or whooping cough, on Monday, March 25.
The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council declared the outbreak following recommendations from the city government’s Health and Sanitation Cluster and the City Health Office (CHO).
According to the CHO, there are seven confirmed cases of pertussis out of the 13 reported cases in the city as of March 24.
Quezon City has officially declared outbreaks of pertussis, or whooping cough, while the city of Pasig has reported more cases of the severely contagious respiratory disease that is fatal for infants and young children.
The Pasig local government told reporters on Friday that they’ve already enforced its public health response at the barangays with reported cases to map out their vaccination efforts.
As of Friday morning, there have been 17 confirmed whooping cough cases in the city.
Of this number, two infants have died—a 1-month-old male and a 2-month-old female.
There are still eight probable cases still waiting for their test confirmation.
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