High Hemorrhagic Fever Case, PMI Cianjur Flooded With Fogging Requests

Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Volunteers in Cianjur Regency, West Java, carried out infiltration at an emergency residential location in Cijedil Village/DOK ANTARA

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) of Cianjur Regency, West Java, received many requests for absorption or fogging from people in a number of sub-districts, including from emergency housing that is still occupied by earthquake survivors. This request for fogging is in line with the high number of cases of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF). PMI Cianjur Headquarters Head Fajar Aciana said that since the past week more than eight requests for infiltration have entered PMI along with the high number of dengue cases in a number of sub-districts such as Cianjur and Cugenang. "Along with the high number of dengue cases that hit residents in a number of sub-districts in Cianjur, the demand for fogging was high again after the last six months. Even in one day there were 2 to 3 requests for fogging, like today," he said in Cianjur, Thursday, Two requests came from emergency residential locations in Cugenang District, such as Cijedil and Cibereum villages, where a number of residents were infected with dengue fever and had undergone treatment at the Sayang Cianjur Hospital. To avoid an increase in dengue cases, residents asked for an infiltration. Not only from the emergency residential area, but his party also received quite high demand from residents' villages in the Cianjur City area along with the high number of dengue cases that befell residents, especially children and toddlers. "Not only doing fogging, volunteers also provide education to residents to maintain a healthy lifestyle and routinely clean the surrounding environment from puddles, especially after it rains," he said. Secretary of the Cianjur Health Office, Dr. Yusman Faisal, said that dengue cases increased as the rainy season began to spread throughout the Cianjur area. "During the past month, 28 cases of dengue fever have hit residents in a number of areas in Cianjur, while throughout 2023 there were 604 cases and four people died due to dengue fever, so various prevention efforts continue to be carried out," he said.

As for a number of areas where dengue cases were found, his party carried out fogging as an effort to kill mosquitoes and larvae while conducting socialization related to healthy lifestyles and routinely cleaning the residential environment from puddles of water and garbage. "In addition to fogging, residents are asked to always drain the tub and bury items that can accommodate water so that mosquitoes are used to breed," he said.