East Jakarta residents are still not doing enough to prevent dengue fever, an official said Thursday, as more and more patients are being admitted to hospitals in the municipality.
"Residents need to work harder to implement mosquito breeding site eradication procedures because we should not be seeing this many cases," East Jakarta administration public relations head John Jefferson told The Jakarta Post.
Jefferson said the eradication procedures include drying out any wet hollow areas, closing them and filling holes in the ground, as mosquitoes which carry the disease breed in damp and dark areas.
At least 29 patients, comprising 24 adults and five children, had been admitted to various hospitals in East Jakarta, as of Thursday.
Some 9,277 dengue cases, with 17 fatalities, were reported in East Jakarta last year -- a sharp increase compared to the 7,773 cases and 15 fatalities reported in 2006.
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