Ratusan Warga Pesisir Selatan Diare, Diduga Akibat Bakteri E. coli

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00:00Hundreds of people in Sutera District, West Sumatra Coastal District, have been infected with Diarrhea since mid-April.

00:12Until Sunday evening, May 5, at least 150 people were reported infected with Diarrhea.

00:18111 people recovered, 34 people are still in treatment and 5 people died.

00:24The Chief Executive Officer of the South Coastal District Health Department, Intan Nofia Fatmananda,

00:30in a video received between Monday and April 6, called the bacteria Escherichia coli, is suspected to be the cause of Diarrhea.

00:38This suspicion is closely related to the habit of people to consume water without cooking it first.

00:44However, the inspection process is still being carried out by the team from the University Laboratory of Andalas, Padang.

00:51Since the incident, the government of the South Coastal District has established an extraordinary status.

01:00With the establishment of the KLB, it means that all affected communities are not subsidized or treated for free.

01:06Second, we directly contact the communities, the community leaders, door-to-door,

01:11to provide information at mosques and mosques so that the community can use water or drink water that has been cooked first.

01:22We also provide football services to the community,

01:26some of which are not to check themselves when Diarrhea symptoms have arisen.

01:34In addition, the team has also coordinated with the regional public hospital, Mzein Painan,

01:39to provide additional beds if Diarrhea patients increase again.

01:46From the South Coastal District of West Sumatra, Fadio Gari, Kentor Berita Antara, reported.