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Merdeka.com – One of two suspected residents of diphtheria in the Walitelon sub-district, Kabupaten Temanung, Central Java, died at the age of 4 years. This was confirmed by the head of the Surveillance and Immunization section of the Temanggung Sukamsih District Health Unit in Temanggung
"The suspected child of diphtheria died at the IUP of the hospital from Kariadi before being treated at RSUD Temanggung ". From the same city of Antara, Saturday (7/7).
He said that the hospital is still in intensive care of a patient suspected of other diphtheria. The patient is now in the isolation room for better and non-infectious treatment of other patients as the disease is transmitted through the air.
He said that the case was revealed after the health office received a report from the hospital to conduct an epidemiological investigation. "We are still watching the environment, do not let anyone catch it again." Prevention of transmission has been made, "he said
. He said that according to the description of the family before the illness, two residents suspected diphtheria. and his family traveled to several places such as Yogyakarta and Banjarnegara so that they could be infected in places they visited or in transit.
"It may be that they are not infected in Temanggung but on the way," he said. this appears in the colder temperatures months and especially men yerang children under 15 years old who have not been vaccinated against diphtheria
"So people who have not vaccinated diphtheria to do it, there is no harm in vaccinating against diphtheria, "he said. [lia]
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