The
Jambi administration in West Indonesia says it will extend its alert for dengue
fever after 8 people died in January.
There were 118 people infected by the
mosquito-borne disease in the month alone.
Jambi Health Agency Head Polisman Sitanggang
said that the agency would take emergency measures, including mapping existing
cases and inviting local physicians and public health workers to discuss how to
contain the outbreak.
Sitanggang said that most of the recent
infections occurred in the last week of January, defying a decrease in cases
recorded earlier in the month.
“I hope the alert status will end within two
months,” he added.
Sitanggang warned residents to be aware of the
onset of dengue fever symptoms and to keep their environment clean.
“Aedes aegypti mosquitos usually come out from
9 a.m. until 11 a.m. and from 3 p.m. until 5 p.m.,” he said, adding that
residents should immediately go to the hospital if they had high fevers.
Jon Afrizal
The Jakarta Post
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