Cholera, typhoid cases in Philippines up in 2022: DOH

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  • Cases of cholera and typhoid have increased in the country during the rainy season, the Department of Health said Friday.
  • The country logged 7,681 typhoid cases from January to August this year. This is 109 percent higher compared to the same time period last year, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said.
  • Vergeire said the onset of the rainy season increases the risk of transmission of water-borne diseases.