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Chikungunya hits Duren Sawit district
At least 20 residents of Malakajaya subdistrict in Duren Sawit district, East Jakarta, were infected with the mosquitoes-borne chikungunya virus over the last six weeks
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t least 20 residents of Malakajaya subdistrict in Duren Sawit district, East Jakarta, were infected with the mosquitoes-borne chikungunya virus over the last six weeks.
Head of the subdistrict's community unit 03, Andang Subaryono, said the first patient was reported in the first week of July. Many of the afflicted were children.
"We have asked our neighborhood to be fumigated, but some neighborhood units have yet to undertake this," he was quoted as saying by beritajakarta.com on Sunday.
Chikungunya virus is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito, chikungunya fever cases are sometimes misdiagnosed as dengue. The fever can last from a few days to a few weeks.
Head of communicable disease control with East Jakarta health office, Gagah Daru Setiawan, said his office would survey the area in the fight against the spread of chikungunya.
"We can fumigate the area or start a community-based program to promote the cleaning of their own neighborhood for effective prevention," he said.
