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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Jakarta Health Agency has declared a dengue alert (DBD) in view of the increased number of dengue cases in the capital.
"The alert status is intended to prevent the number of cases from getting worse," Widyastuti said at a press conference in his office in central Jakarta on August 28. January 2019.
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She explained that there were currently 613 registered cases of DBD as of 27 January 2019: 231 cases in South Jakarta, 169 cases in East Jakarta, 153 cases in West Jakarta, 37 cases in North Jakarta and 23 cases in Central Jakarta. .
Moisture is one of the causes of this spread of DBD. The Jakarta Health Agency, the Meteorological, Climatic and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) and the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) have studied the link between air humidity in Jakarta and new cases of DBD.
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"Mosquitoes prefer moist places," said Widyastuti.
The study also predicts that the five zones of Jakarta are considered to be in a state of strong dengue alert, with an estimated humidity rate of 76% for West, South and East Jakarta.
LANI DIANA WIJAYA
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