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CHIKUNGUNYA ALERT DECLARED IN S LAMPUNG
Kalianda, S Lampung, Feb 19 (ANTARA) - South Lampung district health authorities have declared a Chikungunya alert in Bakauheni sub district after 121 residents contracted the viral disease.
Head of South Lampung's Disease Prevention and Surveillance Kristi Endrawati said here Friday the alert was issued following the increasing number of Chikungunya-infected residents.
"During the rainy season, the spread of Chikungunya disease has intensified," she said, adding the disease was caused by the Alphavirus virus and spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.
The disease firstly attacked Hatta village before spreading to the other areas of Bakauheni subdistrict where natural conditions k were favorable for the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes, she said.
"The Bakauheni case is similar to those that happened in Katibung, Tanjungbintang and Sidomulyo sub districts several weeks ago," she said.
Due to the fact that Bakauheni was home of cacao plantations in Lampung Province, Endrawati urged local residents to bury cacao shells to cut the Aedes mosquito breeding chain.
"We have also conducted fogging in Bakauheni's densely-populated areas and mass medical services to locals," she said.
During the rainy season, the people need to keep their neighborhood clean by avoiding stagnant water inside and around the houses, she said.
South Lampung is not the only regency in Indonesia, whose residents get infected by Chikungunya during the rainy season.
In South Kalimantan district of Banjar, at least 4,500 people had been infected by the disease in the past 40 days.
Head of the Banjar Disease Prevention Agency Endah Labati said recently that the number was expected to rise in this rainy season because the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes were easily breeding.
The Chikungunya-infected people were located in at least 67 villages in 11 suburbs. The areas commonly hit by the virus were surrounded by forests, she said.
According to the World Health Organization, Chikungunya causing fever, severe joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash, is commonly found in Africa, Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
The WHO said Europe and the Americas had also been hit by the mosquito vectors of chikungunya.
"In 2007, disease transmission was reported for the first time in Europe, in a localized outbreak in north-eastern Italy," said WHO in its website.
Head of South Lampung's Disease Prevention and Surveillance Kristi Endrawati said here Friday the alert was issued following the increasing number of Chikungunya-infected residents.
"During the rainy season, the spread of Chikungunya disease has intensified," she said, adding the disease was caused by the Alphavirus virus and spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito.
The disease firstly attacked Hatta village before spreading to the other areas of Bakauheni subdistrict where natural conditions k were favorable for the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes, she said.
"The Bakauheni case is similar to those that happened in Katibung, Tanjungbintang and Sidomulyo sub districts several weeks ago," she said.
Due to the fact that Bakauheni was home of cacao plantations in Lampung Province, Endrawati urged local residents to bury cacao shells to cut the Aedes mosquito breeding chain.
"We have also conducted fogging in Bakauheni's densely-populated areas and mass medical services to locals," she said.
During the rainy season, the people need to keep their neighborhood clean by avoiding stagnant water inside and around the houses, she said.
South Lampung is not the only regency in Indonesia, whose residents get infected by Chikungunya during the rainy season.
In South Kalimantan district of Banjar, at least 4,500 people had been infected by the disease in the past 40 days.
Head of the Banjar Disease Prevention Agency Endah Labati said recently that the number was expected to rise in this rainy season because the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes were easily breeding.
The Chikungunya-infected people were located in at least 67 villages in 11 suburbs. The areas commonly hit by the virus were surrounded by forests, she said.
According to the World Health Organization, Chikungunya causing fever, severe joint pain, muscle pain, headache, nausea, fatigue and rash, is commonly found in Africa, Asia and the Indian subcontinent.
The WHO said Europe and the Americas had also been hit by the mosquito vectors of chikungunya.
"In 2007, disease transmission was reported for the first time in Europe, in a localized outbreak in north-eastern Italy," said WHO in its website.
