Monkeypox Distribution, President: Tighten the Entrance to Indonesia · Global Voices

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Jakarta, Spasi-id.com - although the new positive has monkey pox or monkeypox in Indonesia seems to be getting attention from President Jokowi immediately.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) ordered the Minister of Health to provide the vaccine immediately.


"Yes, I ordered the menkes. The first is vaccine business immediately," said Jokowi at TMII, East Jakarta, Tuesday (23 / 8 / 2022).

JokowBesides, he asked for a strict Indonesian entrance.

"The second is for high-impact places and then the gates to our country are actually checked closely," Jokowi said.

In the meantime, Menkes Budi Gunadi Sadikin, ensures that the smallpox monkey is not too high in circulation than Covid-19.

It's been known that monkey pox has been a disease that could be a global health emergency or a public health emergency emergency emergency emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) since the World Health Organization (WHO) July 23, 2022. The DKI Jakarta Province Department continues to alert the threat of this disease by continuing to increase the surveillance of the monkey pox via network of health and health profession organizations in Jakarta.

The symptoms of monkey pox are generally beginning with fever, headache, and lymph swelling found in the neck, armpit, or groin fold. Moreover, these common symptoms can be accompanied by complaints of muscle pain, back pain, and prolonged fatigue.

After 1 -3 days since the fever, the symptoms will be followed by a rash in the skin in some parts of the body, red spots like smallpox, a small blister filled with clear fluid or pus, which then turns into decomposing, and falls out.