63 Percent Of DHF Cases In Sorong Are In Aimas District, Infiltration Falls Health Office

Infiltration in Aimas District, Sorong, Southwest Papua to suppress dengue cases, Tuesday 12 December. (ANTARA/Yuvensius L B)

WEST PAPUA - The Sorong District Health Office (Dinkes) conducted an infiltration or fogging in the Aimas District area as an effort to minimize cases of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) in the Southwest Papua Province.

Head of the Sorong Health Office, Ronney Kalesaran, explained that this infiltration to the areas that had been determined was in accordance with the level of spread of dengue cases.

"This activity aims to minimize dengue cases in Sorong Regency," he said in Sorong, Tuesday, December 12, which was confiscated by Antara.

His party noted that there were 67 cases of dengue fever in Sorong Regency, consisting of 48 cases, or 63 percent of which were cases in Aimas District.

"Therefore, the infiltration is focused on Aimas, but it is possible for us to do it in other areas that have the potential as well," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Sorong Health Office, Agustinus Wabia, explained that absorption activities are one of the strategic shortages that the district government continues to try to break the chain of dengue cases.

"So apart from infiltration in the Aimas District, we also carried out infiltration in Saigun District. In the Aimas District, we did it in Malawili, Malawele, and Mariat Pantai Villages," said Agustinus.

He said that eradicating dengue is the responsibility of all parties, so it is hoped that the community will be involved in protecting the home environment so that it is always clean so that there is no place to breed mosquitoes.

"If later there are indications of being exposed to dengue fever, immediately access health services at the puskesmas or hospital level in this district," he said.