JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad responded to the measles outbreak in Sumenep, East Java, which killed 17 children. Dasco asked the Minister of Health (Menkes) to immediately address the extraordinary case (KLB).
"Last night, I directly called the Minister of Health and immediately requested that preventive measures be taken so this can be quickly resolved," Dasco said at the DPR building in Jakarta on Tuesday, August 26.
It is known that of the 17 measles deaths recorded in Sumenep, 16 patients were not immunized.
The extraordinary measles outbreak is not limited to Sumenep, East Java. The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) has recorded 46 confirmed measles outbreaks in 42 regencies/cities across 13 provinces.
"This confirmed measles outbreak is measles that has been confirmed by laboratory testing and measles antibodies have been found in children experiencing symptoms," said Dr. Prima Yosephine, MKM, Director of Immunization at the Ministry of Health, on Tuesday, August 26.
The number of measles cases in Indonesia in 2025, as of week 33, showed 23,128 suspected cases, with 3,444 confirmed cases. The highest number of suspected cases was recorded in Sumenep, with 2,139 cases.
The occurrence of measles cases in many regions in Indonesia is due to low vaccination coverage. Immunization coverage for measles-rubella types 1 and 2 in 2025 remains at 45 percent, out of the 95 percent target.
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