Officials demonstrate a monkeypox vaccine Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at the Cabell-Huntington Health Department in Huntington.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Specialist in internal medicine, consultant in tropical and infectious diseases from RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM) Robert Sinto said that the monkeypox vaccine available in Indonesia is prioritized for vulnerable groups.
“The government is currently preparing priority groups that will get access to the monkeypox vaccine,” said Robert in an online talk with the DKI Health Service in Jakarta, Thursday (19/10/2023).
He said that the priority scale was prepared to ensure that the limited number of vaccines could be used optimally for people who really need them. Moreover, access monkeypox vaccine It is not currently open to the public as freely as the Covid-19 vaccine, which during the last pandemic was given to all parts of society without a priority scale.
Robert explained the considerations for not opening up access to vaccines monkeypox In full, this is because there are still many ways that people can do to prevent contracting monkey pox other than through vaccination.
“We can also prevent infection without being given a vaccine, there are many steps we can take,” said Robert.
One of the preventative steps that can be taken is to get used to living a clean and healthy life and avoiding close contact and sexual relations with monkey pox sufferers. “That’s what we have to do with or without the vaccine that the government has prepared for us,” he said.
Previously, the Ministry of Health reported that it had discovered a new case of monkey pox in DKI Jakarta on October 14 2023. The patient was confirmed to have been exposed to monkey pox after going through a series of tests and was said to be a resident of DKI Jakarta.
The patient also reportedly had no history of traveling abroad or out of town. With the discovery of this new case, there are currently two cases of monkey pox in Indonesia after the first case was discovered on August 20 2022.
source: Between
2023-10-19 13:06:22
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