TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Six children in East Java have been diagnosed as rubella positive based on the case base measles surveillance (CBMS) conducted by the local health agency.
“Of 50 community health centers in Jember, as many as 25 centers have conducted the CBMS, with 116 reported cases in total,” Diyah Kusworini, head of the disease control and environmental health at the Jember Health Agency, said on Monday, July 31, 2017.
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Diyah revealed that as many as 108 samples were taken from 116 cases. It was found that 54 children were diagnosed with measles, six are diagnosed of rubella, 23 were still waiting for the test results, and 20 showed negative results.
This year, six children age 8-10 are infected with Rubella virus.
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Diyah believes that there is a possibility of undiscovered rubella cases in the regency. Therefore, Diyah hopes that the public will be more aware and ready to detect such a disease before it spreads.
“This incident occurs since the rubella immunization hasn’t been anticipated by the government. Hence, an immunization program aimed at preventing rubella and measles will be held simultaneously in August 2017,” said Diyah.
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