BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Health (DoH) sounded an alarm over the significant rise in cases of dengue fever in Northern and Northeastern Mindanao, citing 10 deaths out of the 1,406 persons reportedly downed by the mosquito-borne disease.

The DoH offices in Caraga region and Region 10 were already mobilized to help community health officers stop the spread of the dreaded disease, which has taken its toll mostly on children.

The patients are currently admitted at various hospitals in the ...