A worker fumigates a curbside in Barangay Commonwealth in line with the NCR-wide synchronized dengue clean-up drive in Quezon City on August 15, 2019. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/File
MANILA — The Camarines Sur provincial government declared a state of calamity after recording 1,233 dengue cases and 18 deaths as of September 24, 2026.
Camarines Sur Governor LRay Villafuerte announced the state of calamity declaration on Monday during a dengue command conference, where he ordered local government units and provincial health offices to implement immediate containment and medical response protocols.
Data presented during the meeting identified Bato, Nabua, and Pili as the current epicenters with the highest infection counts.
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The high-level emergency conference convened local chief executives, municipal health officers, disaster risk responders, and officials from the Department of Health, Bicol Medical Center (BMC), and non-governmental organizations to harmonize outbreak intervention strategies across the province.
"We are mobilizing our resources," Villafuerte said, directing the Provincial Health Office and disaster councils to expand disease surveillance, prepare local hospitals for patient surges, preposition medical supplies, and coordinate rapid referral systems for severe cases.
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Key response measures now underway include widespread larval site inspections, targeted disinfection, public information campaigns, and school cleanup drives under a "Food-for-Work" initiative.
The province is also partnering with Bicol Medical Center (BMC) and the Philippine Red Cross for community bloodletting activities to maintain stable blood supplies for critical dengue patients.
Health authorities urged the public to actively destroy mosquito breeding grounds by implementing the "4Ts" strategy (Taob, Taktak, Tuyo, Takip) and adopting the daily "Alas Kwatro Kontra Mosquito" habit at home.
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