Hemorrhagic Fever In Kendari Sultra Rose To 184 Cases, 5 People Deed Die

Illustration: Mosquitoes cause Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF). (ANTARA/HO)

KENDARI - The Kendari City Health Office, Southeast Sulawesi noted that there were 184 residents in the area who had dengue fever (DHF) during the January-August 2022 period. Five people died Head of the Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) Division of the Kendari City Health Office, Elffi Syarifuddin, said that the number of people infected with dengue fever increased from 170 cases in the period January to July 2022, to 184 periods until the end of August 2022. With this condition, he asked residents to be aware of the potential for the spread of dengue fever, especially now that there is often rain that will leave puddles or puddles where potential breeding of aedes aegypti mosquitoes. He also invited the people in the area to adopt a clean and healthy lifestyle (PHBS), in order to eradicate dengue hemorrhagic fever. In addition, the community must do 3M plus, namely draining, closing, burying and recycling used goods that are places for breeding mosquitoes. According to Elvi, the application of 3M discipline and using anti-bacterial lotions is effective in reducing mosquito-free numbers compared to the use of fogging. "If you raise mosquito larvae, you have a high potential for dengue fever, it must be low because what we eradicate is larvae so you don't become an adult mosquito if you only kill adult mosquitoes (infiltration) but larvae can't die," he said. by telephone in Kendari, Antara, Sunday, September 11. He also asked the public to continue to maintain the environment and clean their own homes, both inside and outside the home, it is important to prevent dengue fever, including implementing a clean and healthy lifestyle and applying 3M plus.