Increase in dengue cases prompts deep cleans in Filipino communities

(31 Mar 2025)
PHILIPPINES DENGUE

SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS

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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manila, Philippines – 7 March 2025
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1. Tilt down from Catholic altar to Lorena Turdillo sitting with a photo of her grand daughter Seantellie Turdillo, who died of Dengue aged 14 January 30, 2025
2. Photo of Seantellie Turdillo
3. Lorena arranging snacks offerings beside Seantellie’s photo
4. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Lorena Turdillo, grand daughter died of dengue:
“It’s painful because it was so sudden we didn’t think. I told her to fight and she said ‘Yes ma I will fight this. But she couldn’t. It’s so painful because at her age she has so many dreams, we did not know this would happen.”

5. Seantellie’s photo with her favourite snacks
6. Snacks offering on table
7. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Lorena Turdillo, grand daughter died of dengue:
“What I know is dengue comes during the rainy season, larvae lives on water that is why we did not expect it to be dengue because its summer, we were surprised.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manila, Philippines – 14 March 2025

8. Ambulance passing at hospital entrance
9. San Lazaro government hospital building
10. San Lazaro name on building
11. Cartoon character on Paediatrics hospital hall pan right to dengue room
12. Various of dengue hospital room
13. 21 year old mother, Aizle Ronquillio sitting on bed with 1 year old son watching mobile phone
14. Various of 1 year-old boy watching on mobile phone beside his right foot strapped with cardboard to carry the intravenous fluid into his body
15. Boy’s foot with cardboard and paster
16. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Aizle Ronquillio, mother of 1-yr-old dengue patient:
“He cries when they placed dextrose (intravenous fluid) on him, when they extract blood, when they inject paracetamol for his fever, he keeps crying. It’s very hard and painful for me because you see your child crying.”

17. 1 year old patient wearing Spiderman pyjamas
18. Dextrose liquid dripping
19. Tilt down from drip bottle to another 8 years-old dengue patient
20. 8 year old patient’s hand with intravenous drip
21. SOUNDBITE: (Tagalog) Robilyn Resurection, mother of 8 year old patient:
“I hugged him while I was already crying because it’s better if the mother is in pain instead of my child. My husband and I were not able to hold him because he was in rage and he does not want to stay here, he wants to go home but he cannot, he needs to get better, it might get worse, they say its critical.”

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manila, Philippines – 10 March 2025

22. Philippine Department of Health (DOH) spokesperson, Assistant Secretary Dr Albert Domingo
23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Albert Domingo, Department of Health spokesperson, Assistant Secretary:
“We did not anticipate the rise in dengue cases to this level that we are seeing now, while it is true that there is a somewhat an initial increase at the start of the year, the level to which it when up like for right now I mentioned it is already at 73 percent higher compared to the previous year. This is unprecedented.”

24. Republic of the Philippines Department of Health seal
25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Albert Domingo, Department of Health spokesperson, Assistant Secretary.

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manila, Philippines – 7 March 2025

26. Cloudy day pan down to wet pathway
27. Rain water in polystyrene bowl
28. Used bottles on side of walkway

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Manila, Philippines – 10 March 2025

29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Dr Albert Domingo, Department of Health spokesperson, Assistant Secretary.

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