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Monday, 30 Oct 2023 02:53 IWST
Illustration. The Ministry of Health reported a new case of monkey pox in Bandung. (Photo: iStockphoto/solidcolours)
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
The Ministry of Health reports the discovery of one new case of monkey pox (monkeypox) in Bandung, West Java. With the addition of this new case, there have been a total of 21 positive cases of monkey pox in Indonesia since it was first discovered in August 2022.
“There are now 21 cases of monkeypox. Apart from Jakarta and South Tangerang, there was one case found in Bandung,” said Head of the Communications and Public Services Bureau of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, Sunday (29/10).
However, Nadia did not confirm further regarding the patient’s condition or the specific location of the discovery of the monkey pox case in Bandung.
Nadia said the number of cases of monkey pox had increased from the report as of October 27 2023, reaching 17 cases, all of which came from DKI Jakarta.
According to him, the results of close contact tracing of the 21 additional cases were all still negative.
“The contact results are still negative,” he said, citing Antara.
Meanwhile, the Executive Board of the Indonesian Doctors Association (PB IDI) through a written statement informed that as of October 13 2023, there were 15 people positive for monkey pox. One of the cases was declared cured in August 2022.
Chairman of the PB IDI monkeypox task force, Hanny Nilasari, said that all positive patients had mild symptoms and were infected through sexual contact. The patients were all male aged 25-50 years.
Monkey pox is an infectious disease caused by infection with the Monkeypox virus. The first case of monkeypox in humans was discovered in 1970 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Basically, the initial symptoms of monkey pox are similar to other symptoms of smallpox, namely fever, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, rashes and lesions.
The main difference between the two is that monkey pox causes swollen lymph nodes.
These symptoms usually appear within 7-14 days after infection. However, in some cases, symptoms can also appear 5-21 days after exposure.
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