TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – Entering the rainy season, cases of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) have become a problem in Jakarta.
The reason is that the capital city area is endemic for the disease caused by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
Advisor to the Jakarta Association of Indonesian Pest Control Companies (ASPPHAMI), Zainal Arifin, said that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government had to take repressive measures.
By doing fogging (fogging) and larvicides.
“In RW. 02 Cipinang Besar Selatan (CBS), East Jakarta, there have been 2 cases of DHF attacking children, and now they have been handled by the puskesmas,” said Zainal Arifin in Jakarta, Sunday (24/10/2021).
He said, his party together with professionals in his field are doing social work in the form of fogging and larvasides throughout the region. Jabodetabek.
This is done to prevent the potential expansion of the dengue outbreak.
“We are directly adjacent to RW. 02 where dengue cases were found. We don’t want the case to expand. At least 8 professional officers from PT Turacon Wirasta were deployed to carry out fumigation,” he said.
According to him, the activity was carried out on instructions from the Chairman of the DKI Jakarta ASPPHAMI DPD Zulkirman and the East Jakarta Health Sub-dept., and targeted the RW.01 or 13 RT areas.
And the second cycle will be conducted a week later in RW.03.
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