DHF Cases Increase, Central Jakarta City Government Gencar Fogging 3 Times A Week

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JAKARTA - The Central Jakarta City Government (Pemkot) has intensified the eradication of mosquito nests (PSN) twice a week to prevent residents from contracting dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) which has increased recently.

"There are some areas that have been doing PSN three times a week, but dengue has increased. This is what we cannot fight, climate," said Head of the Central Jakarta Health Sub-dept. (Sudinkes) Rismasari, Antara, Wednesday, May 15. Rismasari said, apart from going through PSN, the Central Jakarta City Government has also conducted education in seven arrangements, namely settlements, workplaces, sports facilities, educational facilities, health facilities, food processing facilities, and public places, simultaneously..

"When a fever is only suspicious of dengue, because dengue has caused death. So treatment must be faster," he said, who said the government was validating dengue case data in order to obtain accurate data. Then, related to dengue vaccines as an effort to protect oneself from the risk of being exposed to dengue, he in line with the DKI Jakarta Health Office (Dinkes) stated that it was an option and was still paid for. Referring to the Health Office, dengue vaccines have not been included in the program immunization policy both from the provincial and central governments and can be obtained in several private hospitals. Referring to the data, the areas that spread the most cases of dengue fever in Jakarta as of March 26, 2024 are West Jakarta with the number of cases reaching 716, followed by South Jakarta 576, East Jakarta 562, North Jakarta 262 cases, Central Jakarta 172, and Islands a thousand 18 cases.