Kendari – The peak of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DBD) in Kendari City, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) is predicted to occur in May 2022.
This was conveyed by the Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Division of the Kendari City Health Office (Dinkes), Samsul Bahri following the forecast for the rainy season to take place in that month.
“Because the peaks of cases are expected to occur in May, because in that month the rainy season will occur in Kendari City,” he said, Wednesday (23/2).
He said, compared to the number of cases a year ago with those that occurred until February this year, there had not been a significant increase.
“There has not been a comparison of the increase in dengue cases, until this February there has been no increase. But this time will still run for the next 10 months,” he said.
The number of cases from January to February 2022 only occurred as many as 38 cases with no reported deaths.
“If the dengue fever until today. January 29 cases, while until February 23, there were only 9 cases of dengue fever,” he said.
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Although there has not been an increase in cases, Samsul continues to ask the community to continue implementing a healthy lifestyle by continuing to carry out the 3M movement, namely draining, closing, and burying garbage.
“Well, continue to do 3 M. We also continue to implement fogging mosquitoes in the morning and evening if there are reports from the public. Right now we put it first fogging in areas where there have been case reports,” he continued.
Samsul also added, Kendari City is an endemic area for the spread of cases caused by this type of mosquito aedes aegypti.
“Endemic areas mean that in one year cases will definitely appear, if there has been a doubling of the existing cases, it’s called KLB. Currently, dengue is also prone to attack children, because the immune system of young children is different from that of adults. Therefore, continue to behave in a healthy way,” he concluded.
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