One death was that of a teenager and another of a 40-year-old, the RESU said.
Tabada advised parents to have their children vaccinated against measles at the nearest barangay health center. She said the DOH has provided P100 million for the massive anti-measles vaccination of children aged 0-4 years old, who are more vulnerable to the disease.
She added parents should take their children to the hospital once the signs either measles or dengue appear.
There is neither vaccine nor cure for dengue.
Tabada, however, said the amount would not be enough for the whole region. She said that aside from the vaccines the amount will cover training and other operating expenses.
DOH dengue program manager Antonietta Ebol meanwhile said the dengue program seeks to involve the barangays in information dissemination as well as social mobilization activities such as pulong-pulong (meetings) and weekly cleanup drives.
She added barangay councils should also enact ordinances to prevent dengue, such as destroying places where Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the disease carriers, likely breed.[]
She said the DOH conducts a monthly monitoring of ovi-larvae traps and long-lasting insecticide-treated curtains for 22 barangays in Davao City.
Some schools like the Mintal Elementary School and Bago Oshiro Elementary School were also given the mosquito repellant curtains in 2013.[]
