JAKARTA, celebrities.id – Monkeypox or monkey pox is now present in the world and sparked various opinions regarding its contagion. It is known, monkeypox is transmitted by touch or direct contact. In particular, touching body parts or injured areas.
Doctor Muhammad Fajri Adda’Ivolunteer doctor Covid-19 and health educators say that monkeypox is not transmitted through the air.
“No, but touch, where the wound is located can transmit smallpox,” said Dr. Fajri to MNC Portal, Monday (30/5/2022).
He also added that the development of the monkeypox case had not yet entered Indonesia, although the monkeypox had spread to various countries such as America, Spain, to the Netherlands.
“So far, it doesn’t exist in Indonesia. In general, smallpox, the available information is that it is infected by touching, if there are wounds, don’t touch them,” he said.
For your information, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Monkeypox is not easily transmitted between humans, requiring prolonged close contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets or contaminated materials such as bedding.
While the initial symptoms, appearing within one and two weeks after infection, include fever, headache, swollen lymph nodes, back and muscle pain. This is followed by the appearance of a characteristic rash with pustules on the face, hands, and elsewhere on the body.
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