Minister Of Health Immediately Sends Monkeypox Reagents To BBLK Palembang

Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin/DOK ANTARA

PALEMBANG - Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunawan Sadikin immediately sent a monkeypox detection fluid or reagent to all Health Laboratory Centers (BBLK) in Indonesia, including the city of Palembang, South Sumatra.

Budi Gunawan Sadikin said the ministry of health would immediately send the reagents after he directly confirmed the readiness of facilities and infrastructure at BBLK Palembang.

"We checked the readiness here (BBLK Palembang), it turns out that the equipment is already complete, so it's just a matter of sending the goods (reagents)," Budi said while reviewing the implementation of health services at the Palembang BBLK as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 27.

According to him, the purpose of sending these reagents is so that the examination of samples of patients with indications of monkeypox in health laboratories at the regional level can be carried out quickly and optimally, because so far the examination is still centered in Jakarta.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has prepared 1,500 reagents, which will be delivered in the near future gradually covering all health laboratories in Indonesia.

From there, he said, the spread of the disease caused by infection with a virus called monkeyfox is currently endemic in many countries not entering Indonesia because it is being mitigated optimally.

"Indeed, previously there were 9 cases suspected of being infected, but after being tested, the results were negative. But mitigation is number one. Then the surveillance must also be good," he said. meet the needs of a thousand patients.

Meanwhile, Secretary of the South Sumatra Provincial Health Office, Trisnawarman, said that there have been no cases of patients contracting monkeypox in 17 districts/cities.

He appealed to people who have symptoms are expected to immediately check themselves to every health service facility.

"We have carried out massive prevention and anticipation efforts, starting from socialization, readiness of infrastructure, if there are symptoms in the community, our health workers will immediately follow up," he said.

These symptoms, for example, feel like a fever, feverish body, come out with spots on the body. "Now the fluid that comes out of these spots must be tested, samples taken. If positive, then it must be isolated and handled. Two to four weeks can heal," he said.