The Department of Health (DOH) is reminding pediatricians in the country to be on alert for scarlet fever after Hong Kong declared a scarlet fever outbreak.
"Para sa mga pedia, inaabisuhan namin sila na mag-report agad kung kayo po ay tumitingin ng 10 taong gulang pababa na may sintomas ng scarlet fever," said Dr. Eric Tayag, director of the DOH's National Epidemiology Center. Tayag said scarlet fever is a childhood illness that usually affects children 10 years old and below. [ FULL STORY ]
