By Rusieljs G. Lunasco

Dengue preventive measures such as thermal fogging were conducted in all areas around the campus.

Central Philippine University conducted a University-Wide Dengue Control Measure operation last July 19-20, 2019. Office work and classes in all levels were cancelled to give way for the said program.

“To address the dengue outbreak in the city and other areas in the province, we opted to drastically approach the situation with a pest control measure, which we coined as dengue control measures,” said Mr. Prim Vergara III, CPU Safety Officer.

University Unit Directors and Heads, led by Vice President for Finance and Administration Dr. Florence Bogacia had an emergency meeting on July 18 at the Henry Luce III Library. It was decided that classes and office work will be cancelled on the 19th and 20th, so the dengue control measures could fully take place.

Thermal fogging being carried out in one of the classrooms.

Dengue preventive measures such as thermal fogging and residual spraying were carried out during the said dates. Dormers and residents on campus were advised to leave their homes from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on July 20.

“This is not something we could eradicate overnight. We are continually monitoring all areas on campus and we will do follow-up residual spraying,” Vergara said.

Last July 23, sumilarv, a chemical, was deposited in sedated water areas around the campus. It is applied by broadcasting to areas where water has accumulated to kill mosquito wrigglers right at the source.

Iloilo province was placed under a state of calamity on July 24, due to a rise in the number of dengue cases.