The Central Jakarta Health Sub-agency prompts residents to adopt a Clean and Healthy Lifestyle (PHBS, which aims to anticipate and prevent acute hepatitis.

What we need to do is implement health protocols and diligently wash our hands

Central Jakarta Health Sub-agency Head Erizon Safari said that hepatitis which is now hitting the community in Indonesia, especially in Jakarta is a new disease and is still under investigation. Seeing that, anticipation needs to be done by implementing PHBS and health protocols.

"What we need to do is implement health protocols and diligently wash our hands. Allegedly, the main transmission is through food," he expressed, Tuesday (5/10).

Until now, he continued the treatment of acute hepatitis is the same as for infectious diseases.

"Currently, we have no vaccination program for hepatitis considering the cause is still being investigated," he stated.