REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Ministry of Health (Ministry of Health) of Indonesia confirmed the findings of two cases of monkeypox or mpox in Indonesia. One last case was reported on October 14, 2023 which was a resident of DKI Jakarta.

Head of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and Immunization Section of Dinkes DKI Jakarta Ngabila Salama said that the 30-year-old male patient in Jakarta is currently still in the process of being treated in an isolation room in one of the hospitals in Jakarta since his case was discovered on Saturday (14/10/2023). According to him, the patient needs about three weeks to recover.“It takes 2-4 weeks, an average of 3 weeks to heal. The definition of healing is if all wounds are completely dry and new skin appears,” Ngabila said in Jakarta, Thursday (19/10/2023).

Ngabila, who is also the Technical Staff of Communication of Health Transformation of the Ministry of Health, said that typical symptoms of mpox were also found in patients, namely enlarged lymph nodes in the thigh fold. “Patients complain of fever, water content bouncy, and scabs in some parts of the body starting in the pubis and spreading throughout the body,” he said.

Ngabila appealed to the public not to panic about the case of mpox. However, it is necessary to be vigilant by doing some way to prevent illness and prevent death.