Commission IX To The Government: Prepare Facilities And Health Care For The Spread Of Monkeypox

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JAKARTA - Commission IX of the House of Representatives (DPR) asked the central government to anticipate the transmission of monkeypox. Moreover, WHO has declared the disease to be a global health emergency.

Deputy Chairman of Commission IX of the House of Representatives, Emanuel Melkiades Laka Lena, said that although cases of transmission of monkey defects have not been detected in Indonesia, the government must be ready to prevent the spread of the disease.

"We will encourage the government to really prepare, both in terms of providing information, providing information, providing clearer and simpler explanations, so that the public knows how to understand this monkeypox disease properly," said Emanuel Melkiades, in Jakarta, Monday, July 25, quoted from Antara.

Commission IX of the DPR encourages the government to carry out prevention efforts and prepare steps to overcome the transmission of monkeypox, an animal disease that is transmitted to humans and can be transmitted from human to human.

"We have to start thinking about how to prepare infrastructure and health workers who are starting to be prepared to anticipate if this (disease) enters the country," said Melkiades.

The government must ensure that health workers and health service facilities, including puskesmas, are ready to handle the transmission of monkeypox.

In addition, he stressed the importance of strengthening surveillance on people who come to Indonesia from abroad, especially from countries with cases of monkeypox transmission.

According to him, port health offices must be prepared to check travelers who come from abroad in order to detect the transmission of monkeypox, considering that the disease, which was originally only transmitted in the African region, has now spread to Europe, America and Asia.

He stated that the model for handling the transmission of COVID-19 during the pandemic could be used as a reference in dealing with the transmission of monkeypox.

"This system that has been built, along with everything we have done, can be part of how we deal with monkey pox," he said.

The Ministry of Health has activated a surveillance system at all entrances to Indonesian territory to prevent the spread of monkeypox.

According to the Director General of Disease Prevention and Control of the Ministry of Health, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, the Port Health Office (KKP) checks the body temperature and health of every traveler who comes from countries with cases of monkeypox transmission.