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Infectious Pertussis disease rising in the Philippines with 54 deaths
MANILA: The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday said the contagious bacterial disease called pertussis continues to spread in the country, noting that 54 children have died from the respiratory disease, reported Xinhua. From Jan 1 to March 30, the DOH tallied 1,112 cases, or “almost 34 times that of the same period last year”, with 54 deaths.“All 54 deaths are less than five years old,“ DOH Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo told reporters.In the past six weeks, Domingo said the DOH noted “a continuous increase in the number of pertussis cases” in five regions in the main Luzon island, the central and the southern Philippines.“Of the total pertussis cases thus far recorded, 77

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