Bad News, 5 People Have Died Suspected Of Mysterious Hepatitis

Head of Disease Prevention and Control Division of DKI Jakarta Health Office Dwi Oktaviani

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Health Service noted that five people died suspected of contracting mysterious acute hepatitis as of May 18, 2022.

"So far, five people have died", said the Head of Disease Prevention and Control of the DKI Jakarta Health Service, Dwi Oktaviani, when attending a meeting with Commission E at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Wednesday 18 May, quoted from Antara.

According to him, the five people who died consisted of one person with probable status or the possibility of mysterious acute hepatitis and four people waiting for the results of the examination or pending.

The five people who died were part of 24 cases of suspected mysterious acute hepatitis, with details of three people being probable, then 20 pending, and one suspect or suspected.

Until now, he said, there was no confirmation regarding what was the cause of the mysterious disease because it was still being investigated.

The study was to determine the types of hepatitis that have been included in the hepatitis category that already exists, namely hepatitis A, B, C, D, or E.

He added that if the five types of hepatitis are negative and the levels of enzymes in the liver, heart, kidneys, and brain (SGOT) and enzymes in the liver (SGPT) are above 500, the possibility is probable.

Based on the material presented in the meeting with Commission E of the DKI DPRD, the distribution of the 24 mysterious acute hepatitis cases was almost evenly distributed in DKI Jakarta consisting of three people, namely Central Jakarta, North Jakarta (4), West Jakarta (7), South Jakarta (2) and East Jakarta (4) and outside DKI Jakarta there are four people.

"So to them 24 people, we are trying to determine what the cause is. If it can be known, they just came out of the mysterious hepatitis group", he said.

He asked the public not to panic, but the community was asked to maintain and implement a healthy and clean lifestyle and maintain health protocols.