Bekasi Residents Asked To Beware Of Dengue Fever

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BEKASI - Residents of Bekasi City, West Java are asked to be aware of the threat of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) given the high number of cases of the disease caused by the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. "Don't say you care about dengue if you haven't become a Jumantik at home. It is also carried out by every resident of Bekasi City," said Head of the Bekasi City Health Office Tanti Rohilawati in Bekasi, Friday, June 10. It can continue to decrease. His party recorded that there were 1,475 cases of dengue fever from the beginning of 2022 to June 10, 2022, resulting in 10 deaths. "Compared to 2021, at that time there were 2,004 cases with 11 deaths," he said as quoted by Antara. each case in South Bekasi, Mustikajaya, and Rawalumbu sub-districts. South, and 118 cases in Jatiasih District. Then, Mustikajaya District with 173 cases, 95 cases in Medan Satria, 62 in Pondok Gede, 54 in Rawalumbu, 45 in Jatisampurna, 23 in Bantargebang, and 19 cases in Pondok Melati District. There are 59 active cases spread across 12 sub-districts. Most of them are in North Bekasi District with 12 active cases," he said. Tanti admitted that the Bekasi City Government had issued a number of policies that g is stated through the Instruction of the Mayor of Bekasi and a circular letter from the Bekasi City Health Office to prevent and overcome dengue fever.

The Bekasi City Health Office has even carried out several activities in an effort to control dengue fever, including by accelerating coordination and reporting of cases for all puskesmas and hospitals. periodically the DHF team, making videos of the appeal of regional heads related to eradicating mosquito nests by means of 4M plus, to on air radio for public service advertisements. In the prison environment, we also carry out simultaneous movements to eradicate mosquito nests," he said. Control efforts were also carried out through activities at the puskesmas, including optimizing the DHF working group in each kelurahan, establishing the 1 Jumantik 1 House Movement, training on introduction and cultivation of plants. n DHF mosquito repellent, as well as testing aromatic candles to repel dengue mosquitoes. All activities at this puskesmas are also supervised and monitored by us," he said.