Victims Of The Tikus Outbreak In Sampang Increase By 5 People

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SAMPANG After Tangerang Regency with 10 deaths, now in Sampang Regency, East Java, there were an additional 5 people infected with the outbreak of rat urinary or leptospirosis. The Health and Family Planning Service (Dinkes-KB) of Sampang Regency, East Java confirmed the news.

"Currently, the five people are undergoing treatment at a number of hospitals in Sampang Regency," said Head of the Public Health Division of the Sampang Regency Health Office-KB Agus Mulyadi in Sampang, East Java, quoted from Antara, Sunday, March 12.

Agus explained that the findings of Sampang residents who were infected with leptospirosis were based on the results of a coordination meeting between the Sampang Regency Health Office and the directors of hospitals and heads of health centers throughout Sampang Regency a few days ago.

According to him, leptospirosis is a type of disease caused by rat urination that flows through flood water.

"And the findings of Sampang residents who suffered from this type of disease, after the City of Sampang was hit by floods some time ago," he said, explaining.

This type of disease can easily infect residents with flood water or puddles. Leptospira bacteria can enter the body through the skin, especially those with open wounds.

Disease can also enter the human body either through food, or even cause death. Thus, it takes quick medical treatment.

According to Agus Mulyadi, symptoms that can be known to those with leptospirosis, including fever, headache, bleeding, muscle aches, chills, red eyes, and vomiting.

"The prevention efforts that can be done are to always wash the body until it is clean using soap, if it is affected by flooding," Agus ordered.

According to data from the Health Office-KB of the Sampang Regency Government, cases of infectious diseases through this rat urinary drip have occurred in Sampang since 2013, after the flood.

About 20 people have more than died from this type of disease, even the district government has set an extraordinary event when as many as 10 people died in 2014.

In East Java, there were 249 cases of leptospirosis as of March 5, 2023, with 9 cases of death.