Jakarta – Governor of the East Java, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, held a technical meeting today to handle the extraordinary matters of Measles (KLB) today at the Sumenep Regent’s Office. After the meeting, Khofifah immediately reviewed and visited children with measles treated at MOH Hospital. Anwar Sumenep. In addition, Khofifah also saw the MRC vaccination process to ten children in Sumenep Regency Hall. Also accompanied by Deputy Regent of Sumenep Imam Hasyim and the ranks of the provincial and Sumenep District Health Office. Khofifah ordered that the handling of measles outbreaks in Sumenep in an integrated and integrated manner through all sectors to work vertical and horizontal quickly and massively. Browse to continue with the content “Vertical, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia and the provincial government of East Java are directly present. There are even international institutions, namely Unicef, and there are horizontally regents, deputy regents and various other institutions, including the ranks of the TNI/Polri,” Khofah said in a written statement, Saturday (23/8/2025). “From the Dandim, poles to Babinsa Bhabinkam tibs, so that everyone must be integrated, integrated,” he continued. He said this integrated and integrated job is needed to accelerate the handling of the measles KLB in Sumenep Regency. It will do an immunization of the outbreak reaction (ORI) or massive and massive rubella shuts on 25 August – 14 September 2025. Therefore, the collaboration with all the united elements he mentioned as one of the indicators of the success of Ori. “It works in the lowest rule, so we ask all elements to unite to deliver this message to the community,” he explained. Based on data from the Sumenep District Health Office until August 2025, 17 cases of measles died. Some of them were confirmed that they had never undergone vaccination, while the other was incomplete immunization. Therefore, the incident is expected to be a joint doctrine for the community, community leaders to the Ulama of the importance of Rubellasmaste immunization for children. “We want the next generation to be all healthy inner and birth. Therefore, the ORI plan or massive and mass vaccination on the 25th tomorrow is conveying our socialization and messages to the public to maximize the achievements of the vaccination that will be carried out. He said that the provincial Eastern Java provincial Health Office sent. We have the task of providing the fastest service to help the process deal with the case of measles cases in Sumenep, ‘he said. Meanwhile, the pediatrician of Muh. Anwar dr. Anita said that the increase in the number of measles in Sumenep Regency was usually due to the lack of public knowledge about the importance of prevention or preventative friends. Able to vaccinate basic measles and booster measles. “Alhamdulillah, the sixteen children of Masel patients in their condition is stable and God wants to be two repatriated people today,” he concluded.
Khofifah asked to strengthen cooperation to overcome measles in Sumenep
