Dengue Outbreak In The Philippines

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - AUGUST 14: Emmalyn Guadamor attends to her daughter who has dengue, Kricia Mae, 11, at the San Lazaro Hospital on August 14, 2019 in Manila, Philippines. The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) on Tuesday, August 6, declared a national epidemic as cases of the dengue continued to rise in the country. There are now more than 146,062 cases of dengue in the country with deaths at 622 recorded as of July this year.. The World Health Organization also reported that other Southeast Asia and South Asian countries like Malaysia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh are also having an upsurge of dengue cases this year. (Photo by Jes Aznar/Getty Images)