5 People Died of Acute Hepatitis

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health) Siti Nadia Tarmizi said, the number of patients who died as a result of acute hepatitis reportedly increased from three to five.

Nadia said the 5 patients who died were reported in DKI Jakarta, East Java and West Sumatra.

“5 people died in DKI Jakarta, East Java and West Sumatra,” said Nadia when contacted Kompas.comTuesday (10/5/2022).

He also said that as many as 15 cases of acute hepatitis were detected in 5 provinces, namely DKI Jakarta, West Java, East Java, West Sumatra and Bangka Belitung.

Until now, continued Nadia, several patients, the majority aged 1-6 years, are still being treated.

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“11 people from DKI Jakarta, West Sumatra 1, East Java 1, Bangka Belitung 1 and West Java 1,” he said.

Previously, Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin revealed, there were 15 cases of acute hepatitis in Indonesia as of today, Monday (9/5/2022).

Budi said that his party had issued a circular letter addressed to all hospitals and health offices to carry out surveillance surveillance related to this case as of April 27, 2022.

This was done four days after the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that there was an outbreak of acute hepatitis in Europe on April 23, 2022.

“As of today, there are 15 cases in Indonesia,” Budi said at a press conference on the virtual PPKM evaluation.

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