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Monkey Pox Outbreak in Bandung and Jakarta: Latest Updates from Ministry of Health

Head of the Communications and Public Services Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said that the Ministry of Health discovered additional patients with monkey pox or the new Mpox virus in Bandung, West Java, on October 29.

This means that monkey pox was detected in Jakarta and Bandung. The total number of monkey pox patients is 21 people. Responding to this, the Chair of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI) Surabaya Branch, Dr. Brahmana SpOG, said that his party continues to coordinate with health authorities.

“Be it with the Ministry of Health, city health services, and specialist doctors. “Such as pediatricians and internal medicine specialists,” said Brahmana when met at IDI’s anniversary at Darmo Hospital, Surabaya (29/10).

So, what about conditions in Surabaya? Brahmin said that until now, his party had not experienced any improvement.

“The Mpox monkey pox has always been there, but a significant increase has not been seen,” said Brahmin.

Brahmana added that IDI Surabaya routinely carries out health outreach or education through channels on YouTube. By the name channel TV IDI Surabaya.

“We always update how about inYouTube

,” added the Brahmin.

According to information gathered, as of October 27, the number of cases of monkey pox has increased from 17 cases, all of which came from DKI Jakarta.

2023-10-30 02:01:05
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