Dengue Fever (DBD) cases in Batam City are showing a more controlled\ntrend in 2026. As of 21 June 2026, the Batam City Health Office (Dinkes)\nrecorded 205 Dengue cases with no reported deaths.<\/p>\n
This achievement represents positive progress compared to previous\nyears. In 2024, Dengue was recorded causing 14 deaths among Batam\nresidents, while in 2025, there were three deaths due to the\ndisease.<\/p>\n
The Head of the Batam City Health Office, Dr Didi Kusmarjadi, stated\nthat the decline in Dengue cases this year indicates that control\nefforts undertaken by the government and the community are beginning to\nbear fruit.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlhamdulillah, until the middle of this year, there have been no\nreports of deaths due to Dengue. However, the public must not be\ncomplacent because the potential for transmission remains. Prevention\nmust be carried out consistently,\u201d he said on Monday (22\/6).<\/p>\n
Based on data from the Batam Health Office, the number of Dengue\ncases in 2026 is much lower than in previous years. In 2025, 809 cases\nwere recorded, in 2024 there were 871 cases, and in 2022 the figure\nreached 902 cases.<\/p>\n
A decline is also visible in the Incident Rate (IR) of Dengue. This\nyear, the Dengue IR in Batam stands at 15.28 per 100,000 residents. This\nfigure has dropped compared to 2025, which reached 60.28 per 100,000\nresidents, and 2024, which was 68.21 per 100,000 residents.<\/p>\n
In terms of regional distribution, the Sei Langkai Community Health\nCentre (Puskesmas) recorded the highest number of cases with 44 cases,\nfollowed by Batu Aji Community Health Centre with 27 cases and Tanjung\nUncang with 20 cases.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the productive age group above 15 years still dominates\nDengue cases in Batam. Out of the total 205 cases, 122 patients are male\nand 83 are female.<\/p>\n
He explained that the decline in Dengue cases is inseparable from the\nstrengthening of surveillance, epidemiological investigations, the\nmosquito nest eradication movement (PSN), and community involvement in\nmaintaining environmental cleanliness.<\/p>\n
According to him, prevention measures within the home environment are\nthe primary key to suppressing the spread of Dengue. The public is urged\nto routinely implement \u20183M Plus\u2019, which involves draining water storage\ncontainers, sealing water storage tightly, and reusing or recycling\nitems that could potentially become mosquito breeding sites.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe key to controlling Dengue is actually within each individual\u2019s\nhome environment. Therefore, we continue to encourage the community to\nroutinely perform 3M Plus,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He also emphasised that fogging is not the primary solution for\neradicating Dengue. Fogging only kills adult mosquitoes, while larvae\ncan still develop if breeding sites are not cleaned.<\/p>\n
Therefore, the most effective effort is to break the mosquito\u2019s life\ncycle by eliminating their breeding grounds. The Batam Health Office\nalso continues to monitor the development of cases through all community\nhealth centres and hospitals.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dengue-cases-in-batam-more-contained-by-mid-2026-1782143543", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }