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Some mayors and barangay officials pocketed money allocated for health care workers who served during the COVID-19 pandemic, an official of the Department of Health (DOH) told the Senate.

Last Saturday, I received word that the Department of Health released a report about the current state of dengue in the country. In the report, the DOH announced that the number of dengue-related deaths in 2024 so far has reached 881 and 340,860 recorded cases of dengue since the beginning of 2024 or 81 percent higher compared to 2023 where there were only 188,574 cases.

The Department of Health has recorded an increase of over 80 percent in dengue cases in the country.

Health officials are closely observing a woman, confined in the Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi City, showing symptoms of mpox.

Four new cases of mpox were recorded in the Calabarzon region, the Department of Health said.