Indonesia Detects First Case of Monkeypox Virus
Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from traveling overseas.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com \- Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from traveling overseas, the country’s health ministry said on Saturday, Aug. 20. The World Health Organization designated the outbreak of the virus an emergency last month -- something it reserves for diseases of highest concern. Indonesian health ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril said the patient had a “high awareness and knowledge of the disease”. “So when he got the symptoms, he immediately checked it (with) the doctor. The result came (back) positive within a day,” Syahril told...