TRIBUNJOGJA.COM, BANTUL – public health Office Bantul reminding citizens Bantul to improve Nest Eradication Mosquito (PSN) in their respective neighborhoods during the rainy season.
This appeal followed the presence of 21 Gamelan, Sendangtirto, Berbah, Slaman residents who were indicated as having Chikungunya.
Head of Disease Prevention and Control Division, Bantul Health Service, dr. SW Joko Santoso revealed that Chikungunya is a disease whose vector or transmission is the Aedes mosquito, a family with dengue fever.
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The symptoms that are caused are almost similar to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF).
Sufferers experience fever, joint pain and a red rash on the skin.
The difference is seen on laboratory investigation and clinical signs with the presence and absence of bleeding.
“Chikungunya has no signs of bleeding,” he explained, Friday (8/1/2021).
The man who is usually called Oki said, throughout 2020 until now in Bantul Regency there has been no early information report from the hospital or health center regarding the findings of chikungunya disease.
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However, his party asked residents to remain vigilant against diseases that can be transmitted during the rainy season.
Prevention efforts are to increase nest eradication Mosquito through 3 M.
Namely draining the places where mosquitoes are breeding, closing water reservoirs tightly.
“Then, reuse the used waste which has the potential to become a breeding ground for mosquitoes,” he explained. ( Tribunjogja.com )
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