Health Office Reveals Recovery Period For Monkeypox Patients In Jakarta For Three Weeks

Monkeypox or monkeypox cases. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Health Office (Dinkes) informed that one case of monkeypox in the local area needed three weeks of recovery. "It will take 2-4 weeks, an average of 3 weeks to recover. Definition is cured if all the wounds are completely dry and new skin appears," said Head of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and Immunization Section of the DKI Jakarta Health Office, Ngabila Salama in Jakarta, Thursday, October 19, quoted by Antara. He said the 30-year-old male patient was currently still in the process of being treated in an isolation room at a hospital in Jakarta since his case was discovered on Saturday, October 14. "Patients received the best therapy from consultants with Mpox experts from internal medicine specialists and FKUI-RSCM genital skin specialists," he said. Ngabila, who is also the Technical Staff of the Ministry of Health's Health Transformation Communications, said that the typical symptoms of thempox were also found in patients, namely enlargement of the lymph node folded in the thigh. "Patients complain of fever, lenting water, and coreng in some parts of the body starting from genitals and spreading throughout the body," he said. Ngabila mengimbau masyarakat untuk tidak perlu panik terhadap kasus mpox, akan tetapi perlu waspada dengan melakukan beberapa cara mencegah sakit dan mencegah kematian. Mpox can be prevented by maintaining personal hygiene by diligently wearing masks and washing hands using running water and soap, especially when you are sick and meeting sick people. In addition, said Ngabila, Avoid physical contact with people who are sick with fever, have symptoms of redness, acne, wounds, loosening water on their skin. "Safe, clean, healthy sexual intercourse using condoms. Do not have sex if your partner is sick, let alone there are wounds in the pubic area or are experiencing other sexually transmitted infections," he said.

In addition, the public is also advised to avoid contact with the face, mouth, skin, and daily items used by sufferers such as toiletries, sleeping utensils, and others. "Mpox vaccinations already exist in Indonesia with a limited number and are intended for high-risk groups," Ngabila added. With the findings of the new case, there are currently two cases of monkeypox in Indonesia after it was first discovered on August 20, 2022. In general, the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 90,618 cases with the death toll reaching 517 cases out of 115 countries. The United States is the country that most reported case findings, while in Asia the findings of the most cases were dominated by China, Thailand and Japan.