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Asked to Beware of Chikungunya society Until March
New Era News thursday, 04 Februari 2010
Yogyakarta - Members of the public in the city of Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY), prompted wary of the spread and transmission of Chikungunya disease until March 2010 so as not to appear unusual incident (KLB).
"Seeing the trend last year, this disease will still appear during the rainy season, ie in March or April 2010, so the people asked to remain vigilant," said District Surveillance Officer (DSO) Rubangi Yogyakarta city health office in Yogyakarta, Thursday (4 / 2) .
According to him, the mosquito breeding potential in the rainy season, especially if people do not have the habit of cleaning up a potentially causing puddles. Chikungunya virus carrying mosquitoes originating from the species' aides albopictus "like a pool of clean water to breed.
He said, the area of Yogyakarta City is solid and has a high population mobility is a disease endemic areas Chikungunya and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF).
"As many as 45 urban villages in the city of Yogyakarta is endemic areas Chikungunya and dengue, so we distribute a circular letter to all district, village, and health centers to be wary of Chikungunya and dengue," he said.
He refused if Chikungunya that plague residents of District 46 and Prenggan Purbayan, District Kotagede, since the end of December 2009 to early January 2010 classed as an outbreak.
"From the medical glasses, these events can not be considered an outbreak. One category of outbreaks is a death, but until now there has been no citizen died contracted Chikungunya disease," he said.
Condition Chikungunya patients in the subdistrict of Kotagede, he said, until now has improved, but there are some people who still experience joint pain, especially RT 55 and RW 11.
If cases of Chikungunya spread outside the city of Yogyakarta, said Rubangi, then it will cooperate with the Yogyakarta Provincial Health Office to conduct laboratory tests of blood that allegedly affected residents because of Chikungunya cases in Kotagede recently viewed based on medical symptoms.
He said the health office of Yogyakarta City to "fogging" (fogging) in areas prone Chikungunya disease transmission, especially in Sub-District and Prenggan Purbayan intended for fumigation to kill mosquitoes that carry the virus.
"We also maximize the potential for larvae monitors Tahija Foundation. Sumilar They distributed to be placed in the bath to eliminate larvae. Dinkes city of Yogyakarta has 55 staff plus a survey of 261 larvae monitors Tahija Foundation," he said. (Ant / yan)
Asked to Beware of Chikungunya society Until March
New Era News thursday, 04 Februari 2010
Yogyakarta - Members of the public in the city of Yogyakarta, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY), prompted wary of the spread and transmission of Chikungunya disease until March 2010 so as not to appear unusual incident (KLB).
"Seeing the trend last year, this disease will still appear during the rainy season, ie in March or April 2010, so the people asked to remain vigilant," said District Surveillance Officer (DSO) Rubangi Yogyakarta city health office in Yogyakarta, Thursday (4 / 2) .
According to him, the mosquito breeding potential in the rainy season, especially if people do not have the habit of cleaning up a potentially causing puddles. Chikungunya virus carrying mosquitoes originating from the species' aides albopictus "like a pool of clean water to breed.
He said, the area of Yogyakarta City is solid and has a high population mobility is a disease endemic areas Chikungunya and dengue haemorrhagic fever (DHF).
"As many as 45 urban villages in the city of Yogyakarta is endemic areas Chikungunya and dengue, so we distribute a circular letter to all district, village, and health centers to be wary of Chikungunya and dengue," he said.
He refused if Chikungunya that plague residents of District 46 and Prenggan Purbayan, District Kotagede, since the end of December 2009 to early January 2010 classed as an outbreak.
"From the medical glasses, these events can not be considered an outbreak. One category of outbreaks is a death, but until now there has been no citizen died contracted Chikungunya disease," he said.
Condition Chikungunya patients in the subdistrict of Kotagede, he said, until now has improved, but there are some people who still experience joint pain, especially RT 55 and RW 11.
If cases of Chikungunya spread outside the city of Yogyakarta, said Rubangi, then it will cooperate with the Yogyakarta Provincial Health Office to conduct laboratory tests of blood that allegedly affected residents because of Chikungunya cases in Kotagede recently viewed based on medical symptoms.
He said the health office of Yogyakarta City to "fogging" (fogging) in areas prone Chikungunya disease transmission, especially in Sub-District and Prenggan Purbayan intended for fumigation to kill mosquitoes that carry the virus.
"We also maximize the potential for larvae monitors Tahija Foundation. Sumilar They distributed to be placed in the bath to eliminate larvae. Dinkes city of Yogyakarta has 55 staff plus a survey of 261 larvae monitors Tahija Foundation," he said. (Ant / yan)