BERITAKARYA.ID, CILEGON – A Cilegon resident with the initial Y is suspected of having non-specific symptoms monkey pox or monkeypox during a health check at the Pulomerak Health Center on Monday, August 8, 2022.
Monkeypox is a disease caused by a virus of the genus Orthopox in the family Poxviridae.
The disease originally came from monkeys that were transmitted to humans and can spread to other humans.
The head of the Cilegon Health Service, Dr. Ratih Purnamasari, said that although the resident had no specific monkeypox symptoms, his party continued to carry out supporting examinations in accordance with the Circular issued by the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Health regarding guidelines for preventing and controlling monkeypox disease.
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“We continue to carry out supporting (laboratory) examinations. The Puskesmas surveillance team reported to the Cilegon City Health Office surveillance team then on 8 August 2022 at 10.30 WIB, the Health Office team went to the Puskesmas and the Puskesmas surveillance team carried out investigations and traced close contacts,” he told reporters. during a press conference at the Cilegon Health Office, Thursday 11 August 2022.
Ratih added that the Pulomerak Health Center Laboratory Analyst had also taken oropharyngeal swab samples, lesion crust swabs, and blood serum samples. The sample has then been sent to LABKESDA Cilegon City to be sent to LITBANGKES Jakarta.
“The results haven’t come out yet, they have just been sent. We don’t know for sure when they will come out, they were sent today this morning by LABKESDA,” he said.
On the findings of these symptoms, Ratih appealed to the public not to be anxious and to maintain clean and healthy living behaviors such as washing hands with soap, wearing masks and keeping a distance.
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