Tangerang Regency, IDN Times – Cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Tangerang Regency have increased. This makes the Tangerang Regency Government ask the hospital to be aware of a surge in patients.
Head of the P2P Division of the Tangerang District Health Office, Hendra Tarmizi, said that his party had socialized the increase in cases to hospitals in Tangerang Regency.
“We have distributed alert letters to all health centers and hospitals for this extraordinary occurrence of dengue fever. So we have to prepare infrastructure for this at the hospital,” said Hendra, Thursday (11/18/2021).
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1. There are 82 cases of DHF in one month
Hendra said that currently, there are 82 cases of people infected with dengue in one month. This is data as of October 2021.
“Previously there were 268 cases, now there are 350 cases,” explained Hendra.
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2. DHF usually infects children
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Of the 350 cases, continued Hendra, the average case of DHF infects children. The most affected areas are Curug, Legok, Panongan and Pasar Kemis sub-districts.
“Most of them are children but there are also adults. Children are approximately 60 percent of the cases,” he said.
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3. There are no cases of death due to DHF
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Hendra said, as far as 2021, there have not been any cases of DHF patients who died. However, he asked the public to be vigilant and apply 3M, especially during this rainy season.
“Draining the bathtub, closing all water reservoirs, and burying used items that can collect rainwater because it can cause mosquitoes to breed,” he said.
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