Dengue Fever Endemic In Malang

Malang (Antara Bali) - Fifty-seven sub-districts in Malang city, East Java, are working to halt the spread of dengue fever, local health office spokeswoman Enny Sekar Rengganingati said here on Monday.

To prevent the disease from spreading, she said local residents have been instructed to actively clean up the breeding ground of Aedes Aegypti mosquito, known to spread dengue fever.

"Although there is no immediate report of fatalities so far, 31 people in those sub-districts are reported to have been infected by dengue fever," Enny said.

She expressed hope that the number of dengue cases in Malang would be lower than in previous years, when 163 people in 2011 were infected by the disease, with one fatality reported.

According to Enny, the Malang health department continues to make every effort to combat the spread of dengue fever by actively conducting anti-mosquito fogging.(IGT)