Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Minister of Health Budi Gunadpi Sadikin said the smallpox vaccine was still effective in protecting beneficiaries from the risk of transmission of monkeypox or monkeypox. Monkeypox.
“Monkeypox still the same genus as the old smallpox Smallpox. So I told the experts, if we were vaccinated against smallpox in the 1970s or were born like me, the elderly have immunity and (vaccines, ed.) smallpox is different from COVID-19, which drops every six months,” he said after the launch of the SatuSehat Platform at the Raffles Hotel, Jakarta, Tuesday.
He explained that the smallpox vaccine has the ability to protect beneficiaries for life.
“So, the antibodies are there for life. For those who have been vaccinated against smallpox, they are relatively protected, then from the treatment there is an antiviral as well,” he said.
Budi said the smallpox vaccine is one of the three efforts by the Ministry of Health to control monkeypox, which has the potential to become an epidemic in the world.
The disease control method, which is currently infecting 16,000 patients in 75 countries, is implemented in Indonesia through the enforcement of health protocol disciplines, the use of polymerase chain reaction (PCR), to the procurement of drugs.
“The World Health Organization (WHO) advises the same, by maintaining prokes, maintaining surveillance, if possible, preparing vaccinations and treating them,” he said.
The Ministry of Health has provided 500 units of monkeypox PCR reagents for surveillance needs at all entrances to Indonesia, such as airports and ports.
This news has been broadcast on Antaranews.com with the title: The smallpox vaccine effectively protects against the risk of Monkeypox
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