Tangerang City, Kicaunews.com – Head of Tangerang City Health Service (Kadinkes), dr.Dini Anggraeni invites the public to prevent Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) by implementing the 4 M Plus behavior.
4M plus, which is draining water reservoirs at least once a week, burying used items that can become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, closing water reservoirs so they don’t become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, and monitoring larvae regularly.
“Mosquitoes like warm places, now when it rains, the mother mosquitoes will breed. We have to keep the environment clean, the way is 4M plus, “said dr.Dini, Wednesday (8/12).
DHF sufferers, said dr.Dini, have increased since October 2021, there were as many as 27 cases. For this reason, he appealed to the community to maintain a healthy lifestyle and keep the environment around them.
Dr.Dini said that prevention of DHF is very important so that the Aedes aegypti mosquito does not breed and carry the dengue virus that causes DHF.
In addition to prevention of 4M Plus, fooing is also carried out to kill mother mosquitoes by cadres at the Puskesmas.
“We have appealed long ago for the prevention of dengue. If there are reports from residents, we will do fooing,” he concluded. (lla/trs)
