Smallpox vaccine is still effective in protecting those who are at risk of transmitting monkeypox disease.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — The increasing status of monkeypox or monkeypox As a global emergency, Indonesia is also on alert. The Minister of Health, Budi Gunadpi Sadikin, said the smallpox vaccine was still effective in protecting the beneficiaries from the risk of transmission of monkeypox.
The head of BPOM, Penny K Lukito, said that he did not rule out a permit for monkeypox or monkeypox monkeypox can be given. Especially, if there is a pharmaceutical industry that registers vaccines monkeypox.
“If there is a pharmaceutical industry that will register, BPOM is certainly open to evaluating it in order to give a distribution permit for its use,” said Penny when confirmed, Wednesday (3/8/2022).
The Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) confirmed that a resident in Central Java (Central Java) was categorized as a suspect (alleged) of monkeypox. Currently, the patient is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Central Java.
“A 55-year-old man and not a PPLN, suspect Monkeypox and is currently being isolated in a private hospital for treatment and for further examination to ensure monkeypox or not,” said Ministry of Health spokesman Mohamamad Syahril when confirmed, Wednesday (3/8/2022).
Furthermore, continued Syahril, the patient will undergo a swab test polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to confirm monkeypox or not. “Because it could just be normal smallpox or some other disease, right? monkeypox. Just wait, yes,” said Syahril.
The patient with suspected monkeypox is still being checked by the Ministry of Health’s Disease Prevention and Control Team (P2P) to the Central Java Health Office regarding his treatment. It is known, until now, there has been no confirmed case of monkeypox infection in Indonesia. However, the government, health workers, and the public must remain vigilant.
Task Force Leader Monkeypox PB IDI, Dr Hanny Nilasari revealed, there were two special requests related to the monkeypox vaccine from the group gay. According to Hanny, most of the groups gay feel at risk because of the many reports in the world related to contagion Monkeypox in the group.
“There have been two people who contacted me asking for vaccinations before they might get infected, because they felt it was very risky,” he said in Jakarta, Tuesday (2/8).
However, until now in Indonesia the vaccine Monkeypox has not yet received a permit for use by BPOM, although there have been recommendations from the CDC and WHO. Currently, the IDI Task Force is more focused on providing education on transmission methods and clean and healthy living behavior (PHBS).
“Because close skin-to-skin contact, or mucosa-to-mucosa, such as the mouth, anal area, eye area, actually transfers a lot of the virus,” he said.
Moreover, Monkeypox has not yet been included in the category of sexually transmitted diseases. “So, transmission is not only from sexual intercourse, but contact. So this close contact, concern because we can transfer more of the virus,” he said.
