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        "msgid": "dki-health-office-isolates-one-suspected-hantavirus-patient-in-special-infectious-disease-room-1778521977",
        "date": "2026-05-11 20:46:03",
        "title": "DKI Health Office Isolates One Suspected Hantavirus Patient in Special Infectious Disease Room",
        "author": "Abdul Haris Maulana",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The DKI Jakarta Health Office is isolating a suspected Hantavirus patient in a special infectious disease ward while awaiting laboratory confirmation, marking one of four cases detected in the city this year, with the other three having mild symptoms and recovering. The official denied links to a cruise ship cluster, attributing detections to routine monitoring, and reassured the public that the virus, long monitored in Indonesia, transmits from rodents to humans via contaminated dust, not person-to-person. Preventive measures include handwashing, mask use in risky areas, protective gear in dirty environments, and rodent control to mitigate risks.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Health Service is currently isolating a\npatient with suspected or presumed Hantavirus infection. This step is\nbeing taken as a preventive measure while awaiting laboratory test\nresults. Head of the DKI Jakarta Health Service, Ani Ruspitawati, stated\nthat the patient is being treated in a special isolation room for\ninfectious diseases. Ani explained that the patient is one of four\nHantavirus cases found in Jakarta throughout 2026. Of the four cases,\nthe other three patients only experienced mild symptoms and have now\nbeen declared recovered. \u201cOne person is still suspected and requires a\ndefinitive diagnosis through laboratory testing; it is not yet\nconfirmed, still suspected,\u201d Ani clarified. Furthermore, Ani refuted\nrumours that the Hantavirus cases in Jakarta originated from a cruise\nship cluster docked in the capital. According to her, all the detected\ncases resulted from routine monitoring conducted by the DKI Jakarta\nHealth Service. \u201cNo, not (from the cruise ship cluster). These are cases\nwe have monitored throughout the year,\u201d she said. Ani urged the public\nnot to panic excessively regarding Hantavirus. \u201cIt\u2019s different from\nCovid, which was a new emerging disease; this is actually an old virus\nthat has been continuously monitored every year,\u201d Ani stated. Regarding\ntransmission, Ani explained that Hantavirus in Indonesia is transmitted\nfrom rats to humans, not between humans. Transmission can occur through\nexposure to rat saliva, urine, or dried faeces, the dust of which is\nthen inhaled by humans. \u201cThere are many variants of Hantavirus; some are\ntransmitted between humans, others are not. According to WHO, only one\nvariant, the Andes virus found in South America, is transmitted between\nhumans to date,\u201d she explained. \u201cAnd the Andes virus has not been found\nin Indonesia so far. So, what we have here is still transmitted from the\nvector, from rats to humans,\u201d she added. \u201cYou must wash your hands\nbefore and after activities. Wear a mask when we anticipate being in\nrisky places, use other protective equipment when working in dirty\nareas, and then control the rat population,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/dki-health-office-isolates-one-suspected-hantavirus-patient-in-special-infectious-disease-room-1778521977",
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