Close Contact With The First Monkeypox Case In Indonesia, 2 Depok Residents Tested Negative

JABAR - Head of Depok City Health Service, Mary Liziawati, said two residents had a history of close contact with the first case of monkeypox or monkeypox in Indonesia from DKI Jakarta. Both have tested negative.

"The results were known after both of them underwent examination and monitoring by the central government", she said in Depok, West Java, quoted from Antara, Friday, August 26.

She explained that the Depok Health Office was not involved in monitoring the monkeypox case. The reason is that the examination of two Depok residents who were in close contact was directly carried out by the Ministry of Health and the DKI Jakarta Health Office.

"We from the Health Office are not involved in monitoring, the whole process is carried out directly by the Ministry of Health and the DKI Jakarta Health Office", she said.

It also did not provide information on residents' data, both names and places of residence.

Nevertheless, his party continues to make various efforts to prevent monkeypox in the local area.

Efforts are being made, including outreach to the public, through websites, and social media, to directly so that people know the symptoms, causes, and spread.

"Continues to be reminded so that people do not panic with the information that is by the message from the Ministry of Health", she said.

The Depok Health Office also asked residents to pay attention to health protocols and implement clean and healthy living behavior (PHBS).