Impact Of The Finding Of Polio Cases In Aceh, Acting Governor Of DKI Heru Will Be Vaccines

Acting Governor of DKI Haru Budi Hartono (Photo: Public Relations of the DKI Provincial Government)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono will intensify polio vaccines in Jakarta in 2023. This is in line with the findings of one type two polio case in Pidie Regency experienced by a seven-year-old child. "(The handling of polio) must be intense. Later the Health Service will have programs, the mainstay of next year is also a vaccine program," Heru said when met at the HI Roundabout area, Central Jakarta, Sunday, November 20. A child in Pidie Regency, Aceh was declared to have had type two polio. He initially had a fever and flu on October 6. Furthermore, the onset symptoms were paralyzed on his leg felt on October 9. The child was then taken to TCD Sigil Hospital on October 18. The doctor who examined him then took two samples which were then sent to the province and Jakarta for testing. As a result, the child tested positive for polio on November 10. The child is experiencing a braking condition in the thigh muscles and he has never received immunization. The Ministry of Health said the child had improved his condition but he had to undergo physiotherapy to maintain muscle mass. Meanwhile, the Director General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, said Indonesia was at high risk for the spread of the polio virus. "If we look at 30 provinces and 415 regencies/cities, all of them are included in high criteria, high risk, all polio vaccination coverage is low. So now to Indonesia, it is high risk for the polio KLB (extraordinary incident)," said Maxi on Saturday, November 19. Maxi explained that the current type of polio immunization in Indonesia uses the polio type of BOPV drop, or bivalent oral polio vaccine. The vaccine is to prevent the polio virus type 1 and 2, which is given for a period of four times per four months through oral. Then the administration of the vaccine is combined with the Inactive Polio Vaccine (IPV) in preparation for injection, and later there will be a booster at the age of 9 months along with the administration of the▁antaranya or rubella vaccine. However, OPV4 and IPV vaccination coverage is low. In 2020, OPV4 coverage was 86.8 percent and IPV was 37.7 percent. Meanwhile, in 2021 OPV4 coverage presentation decreased by 80.2 percent and IPV 66.2 percent. Thus, the government pursues the target for the child immunization program. According to Maxi, the discovery of a polio case in Aceh in November 2022 was influenced by the failure of the polio vaccination of both OPV4 and IPV for four consecutive years in the districts/cities of Aceh Province.