Bogordaily.net – During the rainy season, cases of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever or DHF began to become epidemic in Bogor Regency. In fact, the disease has claimed the lives of two residents of Nanggung District.
“So our area is endemic for DHF, if it’s endemic, there must be DHF every year. We invite the public to continue to apply a clean and healthy lifestyle,” said the Secretary of the Bogor Regency Health Office (Dinkes), Agus Fauzi, Monday, November 22, 2021.
In the rainy season like now, according to him, the potential for dengue fever is getting higher, so residents have to increase their vigilance.
He revealed that the Bogor District Health Office recorded as many as 1,025 cases of DHF occurred throughout 2021 or until November 17, 2021. This figure was less than the cases in the previous year in the same period as many as 1,296 cases.
“We have made promotive and preventive efforts to the community. By educating and socializing the importance of maintaining a clean and healthy environment by mobilizing personnel at the puskesmas, he said.
He said that if they found the case, they would immediately move to the location of the incident through health workers at the puskesmas.
“Puskesmas conduct outreach to the community. The importance of 3M, maintain a clean environment. It has to be done,” he said.
He further explained that if there was a case, his party would first conduct an epidemiological investigation by visiting the location where the DHF was infected.
“After that, we did a larva check. If it is positive, spraying or fogging is carried out, usually 100-200 meters from the location of the infected patient,” he concluded.***
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