Wednesday, February 16, 2022 – 18:46 WIB
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Several children in Naikoten Satu Village, Kupang City, East Nusa Tenggara Province saw Health Service officers spraying mosquito nests to prevent an increase in dengue cases, some time ago. (ANTARA/Benny Jahang)
bali.jpnn.com, Kupang – Cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are still rampant in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).
Kupang City Government encourage local residents to do community service to clean the environment from garbage and puddles.
This effort is to prevent the transmission of dengue cases.
“One of the main things in handling DHF is environmental cleanliness which must be a concern for all residents of Kupang City,” said the Head of the Kupang City Environment and Hygiene Service. Orson Genes Nawa in Kupang, Wednesday (16.2).
He said this was related to the efforts of the Kupang City Government in dealing with the increase in cases DBD.
He said one of the main things in handling DHF is environmental cleanliness which must be considered because with a clean environment, DHF mosquitoes are not easy to breed.
He explained that the emergence of dengue cases was caused by poor environmental hygiene.
“Mosquitoes will breed if there are many piles of garbage left, especially with rainwater that is accommodated in the garbage. A clean environmental culture must be owned by everyone from an early age,” he said.
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Cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever are still rampant in NTT, this is the anticipation step for the Kupang City Government
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