TRIBUNJATENG.COMSEMARANG – Wolbachia program will be held in Semarang City in January 2023.
Through this program, it is hoped that the number of dengue in the city of Semarang can be reduced.
Details of the program include implanting Wolbachia bacteria into mosquitoes.
If the mosquito reproduces with nyamuk aedes aegyptiwolbachia bacteria will inhibit the transmission of dengue virus carried by mosquitoes.
According to Semarang City Health Bureau Chief Abdul Hakam, Semarang City will also become a pilot project after the Wolbachia program is implemented in Yogyakarta.
Before the wolbachia program is implemented, there will be a massive intervention in the city of Semarang.
“For implementation locations in three sub-districts with high DHF cases, namely Tembalang, Banyumanik and Ngaliyan districts,” he explained on Tuesday (12/13/2022).
Hakam explained that the Wolbachia method would be done by breeding mosquitoes from eggs that had been planted with Wolbachia bacteria.
The eggs will be placed in the middle of the community until they hatch and reproduce for six months.
These mosquitoes will breed with the local Aedes aegypti mosquitoes.
“The offspring will contain the Wolbachia bacteria and prevent the transmission of the DHF virus to humans,” he explained.
Hakam hopes that 8 million eggs can be distributed to areas with high dengue rates in Semarang city every week.
This will break the chain of DHF transmission and reduce the number of DHF in Semarang city.
He said dengue fever in Semarang city has reached 5,148 cases, while DHF and dengue shock syndrome (DSS) have reached 809 cases.
“For the cases of death, so far it has come to 32 cases, of which 52 percent are men,” he added.
