MANILA, Philippines—With cases of amoebiasis rising in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental, the Department of Health (DOH) said it already sent epidemiologists to look into the outbreak that prompted the local government to declare a state of health emergency. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, acting health secretary who stressed that the DOH was still in the process of verifying the outbreak, said 'we are now sending our team […] to go to our Region VI office to help our regional epidemiology and surveillance units.

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