Banyuwangi Alert DBD Cases, 3 People Died

Liputan6.com, Banyuwangi – districts Banyuwangi Be aware of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). From January to March 2022, a total of 91 people have contracted the disease due to the bite of the Aedes Aegypti mosquito. Of these, 3 of them died.

Head of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention (P2PM) Banyuwangi Health Office Achmad Yunus Setiawan asked residents to be alert and alert to dengue.

“By improving environmental hygiene and maintaining a healthy lifestyle by diligently eradicating mosquito nests,” said Yunus, Monday (14/3/2022).

According to him, the Banyuwangi Health Office has made preventive efforts in controlling this dengue fever. Through the Gertak PSN program (Simultaneous Movement for the Eradication of Mosquito Nests).

“In this effort to prevent dengue, the Health Service through the Health Center ranks prioritizes prevention and control by carrying out Gertak PSN,” Yunus explained.

The Health Office hopes that residents don’t just rely on fogging as a step to eradicate it DBD. People must get used to living a healthy life by keeping the environment clean.

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