Duh, There Are 418 Cases Of Malaria Infection In The Sorong Islands District, The Most On Soop Island, Papua

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PAPUA - Sorong City Health Office, West Papua Province detected 418 cases of malaria infection that occurred from January to September this year. The highest cases were found at the Doom Health Center, Sorong Islands District.

This was stated by the Head of the Section for the Eradication of Infectious Diseases at the Sorong City Health Office, Amida Sesa. "In the Sorong Islands District, there are 210 cases," he said briefly in Sorong, Papua, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, October 13.

According to him, based on the results of field monitoring, the 210 cases found at the Doom Health Center were mostly from Soop Village. Therefore, he said, Soop Island, Sorong Islands, was used as a focus area for malaria management in Sorong City.

Amida explained, based on a survey conducted, most of the people of Soop Island who were affected by malaria were fishermen who had just returned from fishing.

In handling malaria cases on Soop Island, he continued, the role of local malaria cadres will be further enhanced. In addition, the health office will go down to the field to conduct mass malaria blood tests on Soop Island as an effort to control.

Not only that, the health office will also conduct a survey on the use of mosquito nets and see puddles of water that have the potential to become mosquito nests for spraying.

"We will also increase the role of local malaria cadres so that they routinely carry out malaria blood tests for local communities, especially fishermen as an effort to control," he added.