Upon entering the Season Transition, the Ministry of Health urges you to be aware of the peak of dengue fever

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Entering the transition period from the dry season to the rainy season, cases of Dengue /DBD in Indonesia it is increasing.

The Directorate for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control (P2PM) noted that up to week 36, the cumulative number of confirmed dengue cases from January 2022 was reported as 87,501 cases (IR 31.38 / 100,000 population) and 816 deaths (CFR 0.93%).

“In general, there is an increase in dengue cases. Most cases occurred in the age group of 14-44 years up to 38.96% and 5-14 years up to 35.61% “, said the Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Indonesian health Maxi Rein Rondonuwu through a press release in Jakarta, Friday (23/23) ./ 9/2022).

It revealed that the additional cases came from 64 regencies / cities in 4 provinces including West Java, East Java, Central Java and East Kalimantan.

The districts / cities that recorded the highest dengue cases were Bandung City with 4196 cases, Bandung Regency with around 2777 cases, Bekasi City with 2059 cases, Sumedang Regency with around 1647 cases and Tasikmalaya City reported up to 1542 cases.

Maxi said the Ministry of Health continues to carry out massive and simultaneous control and prevention efforts involving all parties, both centrally and regionally.

On 6 September, the Ministry of Health through the Directorate for the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases sent a letter to all Regional Heads in Indonesia from the Province at the Regency / City level, requesting that the Health Office actively raise awareness by bringing Forward early dengue control in the following ways:

– Carry out prevention and control activities through the Jumantik 1 House 1 Movement (G1R1J)

With 3M Plus Mosquito Nest Eradication (PSN) in public places and institutions to achieve a larval absence rate> 95%.

“This move should be done before the broadcast period or there is an increase in cases,” said CEO Maxi.

“The implementation can be performed at the lowest point to suppress the increase in cases or extraordinary events (KLBs) during the broadcast season or the rainy season,” added general manager Maxi.

–