This year has been four times Sikka Regency in the Amazing Event (KLB) dengue (DBD). Previously the wabah happened in 2010, 2013 and 2016. It has been repeated.
Compared to the previous outbreak, this year’s event was considered to be the worst, as many as 14 lives over the south-east of mosquitoes. There are three hospitals in the city of Maumere became a positive place of patient’s referrals evaporating DBD. In addition there are 25 puskesmas that also treat patients who are still in the interest of DBD.
The case of disease caused by aedes aegypti mosquito from the day to the growing day. The patient is obedient to meet the hospital and puskesmas. The patient's family pics can also be avoided.
The garbage piles in the village of Nelayan Wuring Wolomarang, West Alok District, Sikka Regency, NTT.
Warga crossed on the slatched side of the water in Kota Maumere, Sikka Regency, NTT.
"The case of DBD is worst along the history of KLB DBD in Sikka Regency. Already 14 people died and DBD cases continue to grow from day to day, and today already reached 1.396 cases," says Sikka Fransiskus Roberto Diogo.
He said that the main cause of increasing the case of DBD in the district is the problem of waste and the bad drainage so it becomes the place of developing an aedes aegypti mosquito. He also added that he didn’t want to blame who, but the event became a learning for local governments and also for communities in the district.
Guna prevents the increase of victims, locals begin to realize the importance of maintaining environmental hygiene and refining of mosquito nettles. As the local bupatial instructions, hundreds of people in the city of Maumere, the capital of Sikka regency held by royong cleaning the disposal of waste and water fat as well as evaporating (fogging).
Anggota Polres Sikka cleans the garbage in the village of Nelayan Wuring Village Wolomarang, West Alok District, Sikka District, NTT.
RStugas carried out a draft or fogging around the citizens in Maumere City, Sikkake District, NTT.
Local dividers plan to use all budgets in 2020 to improve drainage as well as the procurement of waste cars to clean the entire region of the district from the garbage that is in the street.
Photo and text : Kaha Cornelis
Editor : Danika Wahyu
