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Health agencies record increase in dengue cases
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A young patient is treated for dengue on Feb. 5, 2024, at Loekmono Hadi Regional General Hospital in Kudus, Central Java. The regency’s health authorities recorded a 25 percent increase in dengue patients from the previous month to 55 cases in January. (Antara/Yusuf Nugroho)
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ealth agencies in some regions have been recording an increase in cases of dengue fever and deaths caused by it in the past month, and are warning residents to be alert regarding the mosquito-borne disease.
Tangerang regency’s health agency reported that 600 people caught dengue fever and four of them died in February alone, the agency said on Monday.
The number of dengue cases in Tangerang last month matched the January figure and brought the regency’s dengue fever tally to 1,200 cases this year.
Tangerang regency health agency head Achmad Muchlis said that there had been more cases this year compared to the same period in previous years, Antara reported.
In West Java, authorities recorded over 1,000 cases and five deaths last week. The province reported 4,600 cases and 36 deaths in January and February.
The province’s health agency is increasing its public campaign to encourage people to keep their environment clean and prevent water stagnation.
“We are also asking all hospitals here to standby and anticipate [a jump in cases],” West Java’s acting governor Bey Machmudin said on Monday in a statement.
