Campak Cases Are Increasing, The DKI Health Office: There Are Missing Cases And Decreased Vaccination Coverage During A Pandemic

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JAKARTA - Symptom cases in Indonesia have soared in recent months. The case of▁dirinyamptoms in the capital city began to increase from September to November 2022. Meanwhile, since December, the number of cases has slowly decreased. Head of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and Immunization Section of the DKI Health Office, Ngabila Salama, revealed the cause of the increase in infectious infection diseases caused by the virus. "The increase inship cases was due to missing cases (undiagnosed cases) and decreased coverage of▁dirinyamptomatic vaccinations in the era of the pandemic from 2020 to 2022," Ngabila said in a short message, Sunday, January 22. The DKI Jakarta Health Office also asked all health care facilities in Jakarta to increase tracing to diagnose cases of▁dirinyacoil in line with the soaring cases over the past few years. "Public health centers, hospitals, all health facilities in DKI Jakarta are encouraged to increase surveillance of▁dirinyacism to patients, carry out a strong blood test to diagnose definitejukm," said Ngabila. On that basis, Ngabila suggested that people carry out early detection to prevent complications ofsettle disease. The way to detect it is to see symptoms in children. Residents and cadres can report cases of intimidation to the nearest sub-district health center in the whatsapp number of each puskesmas. "If a child has a fever accompanied by red spots on his skin or redness on his eyes, coughs and runny nose, immediately take him to the nearest health center or health facility for treatment and further examination for diagnosis," he explained. In addition, Ngabila reminded to carry out complete immunizations of rubella▁dirinyaphacles 3 times at the age of 9 months, 18 months, and 1st grade of elementary school in schools. Immunization at the puskesmas or the nearest immunization service from the government is free of charge or free. "A total of 75 percent of▁dirinyamptoms regarding toddlers, 20 percent of elementary school children, and 5 percent in adults. So, it is important to comb through and complete the immunization of rubella▁kepentingancles in toddlers and elementary school children," added Ngabila. Previously, the Ministry of Health established an increase in cases of▁besaroism as an extraordinary event because it had spread in 31 provinces in Indonesia until December 2022. There were 3,341 cases of smallpox reported from the region to the Ministry of Health in 223 districts/cities or an increase of 32 times. Cecilin disease is caused by a virus that can be transmitted by coughing and sneezing from one patient to another. Symptoms of Acquire fever are high fever, red spots on the skin (rash) accompanied by cough and or runny nose and or conjunctivitis (red eye due to inflammation) which can lead to complications in the form of pneumonia, diarrhea, meningitis.