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In addition to preventing and anticipating covid-19, residents of Mahkota Simprug Housing – RT 002/015 administrator of the Paninggilan Utara Ciledug District – Tangerang City sub-district also anticipated the spread of dengue hemorrhagic fever (FHD) by spraying the environment. and residents’ houses on Saturday (2) / 5).
One of the managers of RT 002/015 Mahkota Simprug Housing, Ir. Haryono Nugroho said the misting took place after a report from a resident affected by DHF. He didn’t deny that until now, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, the administrators of RT and RW focused on efforts to prevent outbreaks of coronavirus by disinfecting every day.
Therefore, said RT’s lead candidate, management will simultaneously make efforts to prevent the two diseases by spraying disinfectants and misting. “After Saturday we did a misting on RT 002/015, it will repeat on May 16,” said Haryono.
Several residents enthusiastically welcomed the environmental management initiative and found this misting to be quite effective in killing mosquito larvae. “This is great, let alone mosquito larvae, only roaches can die,” said Roni, one of the residents.
Previously, the Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health, Achmad Yurianto, reminded the public about the dangerous conditions after an increase in cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (FHD) in the country. “In the last few months there has been an increase in dengue cases because it is indeed a transition season,” said Yurianto.
He said that dengue was closely related to mosquito control because it became a vector of the disease. Therefore, the community is asked to continue to eradicate mosquito nests to prevent DH.
If the method is carried out routinely, the government believes that not only Covid-19, but DHF can also be addressed simultaneously. “Let’s take an example for each family. That includes saving neighbors, the environment and the nation,” said Yuri, who is also the government’s spokesperson for driving Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the director of vectors and zoonotic infectious diseases of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said that until April 30, 2020, 50,112 cases of DH occurred in the country and 315 of them died.
According to weekly infographic data compiled by the Ministry of Health, five districts and cities registered the highest DHF cases. First, there were 2,057 cases from Buleleng Regency, Sikka Regency 1,624, Bandung 1,355, Denpasar City 858, and Pringsewu District 844 cases.
Then, related to the distribution of cases of deaths due to DHF, the province of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is in first place with 52 deaths. In addition, the province of Central Java has 39 lives, West Java 33 and East Java 32 deaths. (son)
