Health Ministry increases vigilance as monkeypox cases multiply in Indonesia


This undated electron microscopic (EM) handout image provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention depicts a monkeypox virion, obtained from a clinical sample associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. - AFP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): As cases of monkeypox infection in Jakarta have multiplied over the past 10 days, the Health Ministry is on alert for the virus as epidemiologists highlight the importance of tracing.

Indonesia reported six confirmed cases of monkeypox virus since mid-October, an unprecedented increase compared with 2022, when the country recorded the first and only case throughout the year in Jakarta.

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