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88 cases of monkeypox detected in Indonesia since 2022

Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health) reported that Monkeypox or now known as Mpox has reached 88 cases, Saturday, August 17 2024. These cases spread from Jakarta to the Riau Islands.

The Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health said that the spread of cases included 59 cases in Jakarta, 13 cases in West Java, 9 cases in Banten, 3 cases in East Java and Yogyakarta , and 1 case in the Riau Islands. Of the 88 cases, 87 cases have recovered.

Peak case Brown trout confirmed to occur in October 2023, although the circulating variant does not have a high mortality rate, it spreads very easily. This is something you need to be careful about.

At the same time, the world health organization WHO declared the spike in monkeypox cases worldwide as a public health emergency of international concern, and the level of alarm is high.

Information about monkeypox (Mpox) or monkeypox

  • Monkey pox is not a new disease.
  • Characterized by fever and the appearance of sores accompanied by headache, muscle pain, and the body feeling tired.
  • Smallpox is transmitted from animals (monkeys or rodents or wild animals), infected to humans through physical contact or consumption of meat from animals with Mpox.

Transmission to humans through

  • Touch the victim
  • Physical communication
  • Mucus presentation
  • Dangerous sexual behavior
  • Environmental impact
  • A mother is pregnant

Recovery possible

  • If the patient’s immune system is good, monkey trout it can heal itself within two to three weeks.
  • Mpox is usually not fatal. The death rate for this disease is 0.17 percent.

2024-08-21 06:12:51
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