ANGELES CITY — The city government here, through its anti-dengue task force, has conducted simultaneous fumi-gation activities in all city govern-ment offices to protect the employees and city hall goers from dengue.
Mayor Carmelo Lazatin Jr. instructed the anti-dengue task force, formed from the City Health Office Sanitation Di-vision and Angeles City Ba-rangay Outreach, to lead the simultaneous fogging activities in city hall building, and off-site offices in Pampanga Public Market, Angeles City Reproductive Health and Wellness Center, and Angeles City Slaughterhouse.
"We need to ensure that government employees and those who come to our offices are safe from dengue," said Lazatin.
The anti-dengue task force is also set to fumigate the city's 55 public schools.
Executive Assistant Reina Manuel supervised the said operation together with Angeles City Economic Develop-ment Investment Promotions Office (Acedipo) chief Irish Bonus-Llego.
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Fumigation is among of the priorities of Mayor Lazatin since he took office in 2019.
Before the start of the academic year 2024-2025, Mayor Lazatin also ordered the fumigation in all public schools in the city to protect students and teachers against dengue.