by magnolia_eic | Jan 6, 2011 | Headlines, National News
Department of Health officials advised the public to take precautions against respiratory
ailments stemming from the prevailing cold weather.
Dr. Lyndon Lee Suy, the Health Department’s program manager for emerging and re-
emerging infectious diseases, said sudden weather changes may particularly be a concern
for those with asthma.
“Sudden increase or decrease in temperature will have an effect on the lungs… Our bodies
have to adjust to the climate,” Lee Suy said in a radio interview on Wednesday.
National Epidemiology Center head Dr. Eric Tayag also said in a separate interview that
children, the elderly and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable. He said the cold
weather is likely to be a factor behind acute respiratory tract infections, colds, coughs, and
even flu.
Tayag urged the public to take vitamins, especially Vitamin C, wear extra layers of clothes
and eat nutritious food like fruits. (PIA/DOH)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News, Weather Coverage
MANILA, Philippines – Scattered rain showers may dampen the New Year celebration in some parts of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said today.
Pagasa weather branch chief Robert Sawi said the northeasterly wind would continue to bring mostly cloudy skies with scattered rains over the eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas starting Wednesday until Saturday, New Year’s Day.
Sawi said the rest of the country, including Metro Manila, would experience cloudy skies with light rains because of the northeast monsoon.
Meanwhile, for the next 24 hours, Pagasa said Luzon would experience mostly cloudy skies with light rains Visayas, on the other hand, would be mostly cloudy with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms, becoming cloudy with widespread rains over eastern Visayas which may trigger flasfloods and landslides.
Mindanao would have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Pagasa also said moderate to rough seas would prevail over Luzon and the Visayas.
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