Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Jakarta Health Service plans to administer monkeypox vaccination to 500 people from at-risk groups next week as a precautionary measure against the spread of the disease.”The vaccine will be given in two doses for each person with a gap of four weeks. In accordance with the availability of the monkeypox vaccine in Indonesia, we will disburse the 1,000 doses for 500 people,” Acting Head of the Jakarta Health Service, Ani Ruspitawati, confirmed on Friday.
part from vaccination, tracing will be conducted to search and monitor people who are in close contact with monkeypox patients, she revealed.
ccording to Ruspitawati, every positive case of monkeypox will be isolated at the hospital, including suspects with typical symptoms or having had close sexual contact with monkeypox patients awaiting PCR results.
For non-sexual close contacts, symptoms will be monitored on a daily basis by the community health center (puskesmas). If monkeypox symptoms are found, a laboratory examination will be conducted, she remarked.
“For every close sexual contact, an isolation and a laboratory examination will be carried out,” she stated.
The Jakarta Health Service had also prepared for hospital isolation rooms and antiviral drugs as well as actively coordinated with experts at vertical hospitals regarding case management, she remarked.
Source: Antara News Agency