WHO Announces Monkeypox As Global Health Emergency Status, In Indonesia No Cases Have Been Found

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JAKARTA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided that global monkeypox is a public health emergency of international concern.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus, as reported by ANTARA, Sunday, July 24, noted that a month ago 3,040 cases of monkeypox from 47 countries had been reported to WHO.

Until now, the epidemic continues to grow until 16,000 cases have been reported from 75 countries, and five people have died.

WHO makes a series of recommendations for four groups of countries.

First, countries that have not reported cases of monkeypox, or have not reported cases for more than 21 days.

Second, countries that have recently imported cases of monkeypox and experienced human-to-human transmission.

The recommendations include implementing a coordinated response to stop transmission and protect vulnerable groups.

Then engage and protect affected communities, and intensify public health surveillance and efforts. Strengthen clinical management and infection prevention and control in hospitals and clinics.

Furthermore, related recommendations are accelerating research on the use of vaccines, therapies and other tools, as well as recommendations for international travel.

The third group of countries are countries with animal-human transmission of monkeypox, and the fourth are countries with production capacity for diagnostics, vaccines and therapies.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has not detected any cases of monkeypox in Indonesia.

"Until now, there have been no cases," said the spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Mohammad Syahril, as quoted by ANTARA.