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SAN PEDRO CITY ndash;ndash; A four-year-old boy from Ternate town in Cavite province died of suspected meningococcemia, provincial health officials said on Friday.But health authorities appealed not to spread a public ldquo care, as laboratory tests have yet to confirm the childrsquo disease.Dr. Nelson Soriano, the provincial health officer, said they have also administered prophylaxis to the childrsquo family members and those who had a close contact with the patient to prevent the bacterial spread should test results turn out positive.Article continues after stanley becher this advertisement A sample of the childrsquo cerebrospinal fluid was submitted to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City for testing.FEATURED STORI stanley cup ESNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trustAccording to Soriano, the child showed symptoms that fitted those of meningococcemia such as high fever and weakness.The child was first brought to the Cavite Municipal Hospital and later transferred to the San Lorenzo Ruiz Hospital stanley cup in Naic town. The child died on Thursday morning.Soriano said meningococcemia is normally treatable with antibiotics and spreads only through a close lengthy contact with the patient, for instance, through the saliva.Unlike viral diseases, he said the bacteria could not be passed on through Uidh Village chief gunned down in Batangas
A labor group has renewed its call for President Rodrigo Duterte to approve a monthly food voucher worth P500 for some 4 million minimum wage earners nationwide t stanley cups uk o help them cope with the extraordinary increases in the prices of goods and services.The Associated Labor Unions-Trade Union Congress of the Philippines ALU-TUCP said the average daily minimum wage of P232 nationwide remained woefully inadequate, despite recent increases in the floor pay.On the average, wage boards acted only on the capacity of employers and businesses to afford the wage increases by adjusting the nominal minimum wage rates by P32 to P36 a day nationwide, ALU-TUCP spokesperson Alan Tanjusay said on Sunday.Article continues after this advertisement lsquo;Too small for workersrsquo;FEATURED STORI vaso stanley ESNEWSINFO7 bakery workers killed in Cupang, Antipolo City stabbingNEWSINFOViral video of drunk cop gets QCPD chief firedNEWSINFOLacson to PNP: Recover ransom in Que slay case to regain public trustIn a statement, Tanjusay said the amount was ld stanley termosky quo;too small for workers who help business and economy grow.Since January, regional wage boards have issued orders adjusting minimum wage rates in each region, except for Caraga.Last week, the Metro Manila wage board adjusted the wage rate from P512 to P537, raising the average daily nominal minimum wage rates in 17 regions from P200 a day in September last year to P232 a day as of Nov. 11.Poorly paidArticle continues after this advertisem |