The Trend Of Dengue Fever Cases In Jakarta This Year Continues To Drop

Mosquito Aides Agepti causes dengue fever (ANTARA)

Acting Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Ani Ruspitawati, said that the trend of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases continued to decline from the beginning of the year until the middle of 2023. However, the Health Office has not recorded the accumulation of residents who have contracted the disease due to the bite of the aedes aegypti mosquito as of July. "DHF compared to last month dropped. Compared to the same month last year, it was also smaller. This means that the case is under control," said Ani at DKI Jakarta City Hall, Thursday, July 27. Ani also appealed to the public to continue to increase awareness in mobilizing the eradication of mosquito nests (PSN) at points prone to becoming mosquito nests in their homes. "If there is a case, immediately report it so we can carry out an epidemiological investigation," said Ani. For information, it was recorded that in January there were 525 cases of dengue fever in Jakarta, February 434 cases, March 494 cases, April 499 cases, May 480 cases, June 313 cases, and July still in the data collection stage. At least 2,745 dengue cases in the capital for the past half of the year. Lately, many cases have been found in areas close to buffer areas such as Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi. "We have seen many cases in the last week in the border area with Bodetabek," said Head of the Surveillance and Immunization Section of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Ngabila Salama.

Ngabila said, dengue is an endemic disease that continues to exist and survives in Jakarta. DHF has the same pattern of number of cases every year. Where it will start to increase every December month and will peak in April, then it will decrease again.