PRESMEDIA.ID, Bintan – The Bintan Health Office (Dinkes) appealed to the entire community to always be aware of the changing seasons in the Bintan Regency area. Because in a prolonged rainy season like this it is very vulnerable to the development of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) and Malaria.
The head of the Bintan Health Office, Dr. Gama AF Isnaeni, said that the weather conditions with prolonged rainfall created a lot of puddles so that the environmental conditions became humid.
In this way, mosquito larvae, especially Aedes Aegypti, which causes dengue fever to multiply easily and multiply.
“In the rainy season we have to be vigilant. Apart from Covid-19, it is also prone to dengue fever. Dengue fever is also dangerous. Regardless of the physical or the age, if it is attacked by dengue fever can make the sufferer die, “he said yesterday.
Therefore, he asked the people of Bintan Regency, especially those who live in areas prone to mosquito breeding such as densely populated settlements, to continue implementing Mosquito Nest Eradication (PSN).
Then, you can also do 3M plus, namely closing water reservoirs, draining places that can hold water, burying used goods and sowing abate powder into water reservoirs so that there are no mosquito larvae.
“All these ways encourage everyone to live clean and healthy. So that it avoids all diseases,” he said.
Author: Hasura
Editor : Editor
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