Deputy Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Dwi Oktavia (Lies), admitted that the DKI Provincial Government is still increasing the anticipation of the spread of dengue fever mosquitoes at this time. This is because the Jakarta area is still often rained even though it has entered the dry season.
"We will see this, the pattern of the season, Jakarta's weather pattern is a bit different from usual. The rainfall is still quite high, even though it is already in the dry month, so we continue to anticipate dengue," Lies told reporters, Monday, July 28.
Usually, dengue cases in Jakarta peak in April-May. next, the trend of cases decreases again until the end of the year.
Although Lies admitted that the number of dengue cases has now begun to decline, the fact is that there has been a slowdown in cases from normal.
"We really have to maintain awareness of our dengue fever, even though it has gone through the season, which is usually due to the decline in dengue fever, although it has decreased but the decline has not been as steep as if we saw in previous years," he said.
SEE ALSO:
Therefore, the DKI Health Office continues to disseminate 3M plus socialization to the community, starting from draining water reservoirs, closing water containers, and recycling used goods that can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
In addition, other preventive measures are also needed, such as the use of nets, anti-muak drugs, and maintaining environmental cleanliness.
"Theplus uses biological interventions, such as planting trees that repel mosquitoes. Then spread fish in water reservoirs that cannot be drained," explained Lies.
"Then, we can use tie larvae to prevent larvae from growing so that they don't hatch into adult mosquitoes," he said.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
