Antara, Jakarta – The number of dengue fever (DBD) cases in West Jakarta has been continuously increasing since the beginning of this year. The West Jakarta Health Office (Sudinkes) has reported 186 cases of dengue fever in January 2025. In cumulative terms, the number increased to 211 cases in February and 254 cases in March.
Head of the Disease Prevention and Control Section of the West Jakarta Health Office, Arum Ambarsari, said that there have been 53 cases of dengue fever found in the first 10 days of April. 'The predicted monthly incidence rate of dengue fever in West Jakarta is 7.1 cases per 100,000 population,' said Arum on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, cited from Antara.
According to Arum, the surge in the number of cases of the disease spread by the aedes aegypti mosquito is triggered by the air humidity and air temperature. Referring to the climate suitability data from the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the humidity in Jakarta in February 2025 reached 81 percent.
"The optimal humidity for mosquitoes ranges from 71 to 83 percent," said Arum.
The air temperature in West Jakarta in that month ranged from 25 to 32 degrees Celsius, supporting the optimal temperature for the development of mosquitoes, which is around 25-27 degrees Celsius. So far, Arum confirmed that the West Jakarta Health Office is still intensively monitoring the dengue fever vector or larvae by inspecting mosquito larvae in homes.
The South Jakarta Health Office team has also recorded 428 cases of dengue fever since the beginning of the year until mid-April 2025. The number of dengue fever cases recorded in that area in January was 169 cases, 141 in February, 110 in March, and 8 cases this month. The highest number of dengue fever cases in South Jakarta comes from the Jagakarsa District, which is 71 cases.
If totaled, there have been 2,301 cases of dengue fever recorded by the Jakarta Health Office until April 2025. This figure is lower compared to the same period last year, when there were 3,164 cases.
Source: https://en.tempo.co/read/1997289/rising-dengue-fever-cases-in-jakarta-due-to-high-air-humidit