Chronology Of 3 Gunung Kidul Residents Died Infected With Antraks, Exposed To Dead Cows

Cattle Illustration (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Ministry of Health revealed the chronology of the occurrence of anthropic events that triggered three residents in Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta, died due to the transmission of Bacillus Anthracis bacteria from livestock to humans.The Director of Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, Imran Pambudi, explained that the anti-mask events were marked five times the series of animal death events at the local location in the period May to early June 2023. The cattle and goat clouds were known to belong to residents with the initials KR and SY. Dead cows were reported on May 18, 22 May, and 26 May, while dead goats occurred on May 2023. "The chronology begins with the death of one of the residents with the initials KR on May 18, 2023, then is slaughtered and distributed to residents for consumption. This is one of the causes of case spread," said Imran quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, July 6. Imran said one of the patients who died with the initials WP (72), a resident of Candirejo Semanu, Gunung Kidul, is known to be involved in the process of slaughtering dead cattle on May 22, 2023 belonging to SY.Pasien then fell ill and was treated at Pati Rahayu Hospital with itching complaints, swelling, and specific wounds with skin-type antraction. On June 3, 2023, the WP was referred to the Sardjito Hospital for blood sampling with an antitractic suspected diagnosis. "Mr WP died on June 4, 2023," he said. Imran said the trend of anthropic events in Yogyakarta almost every year occurred, of which in 2019 as many as 31 cases and 2022 as many as 23 cases, although so far there have been no reports related to death.

"Only in 2023 there were three cases of death due to BETraks in Indonesia. One suspect (WP) because there had been laboratory examination results. The other two had not been examined because they immediately died," he said. According to Imran, the team of investigations into the anti-exact case in Yogyakarta has confirmed that the two patients have a history of contact with cows that are positive for BETraks.