TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The number of monkeypox or mpox cases in Jakarta increased by one as of Monday, Nov. 6, bringing the total tally to 28 active cases. Since last year, the capital city has recorded 29 cases, with one patient recovering in August 2022.

According to the Jakarta Health Agency’s page, https://surveilans-dinkes.jakarta.go.id, there are no suspected cases of mpox in the region. Previously, eight people were reportedly exposed to the infectious disease.

The Jakarta Health Agency conducted tests on 82 people who were in close contact with the active cases, but the PCR results came back negative. Previously, 67 close contacts had also tested negative.

Besides, nine people who were in close contact with positive cases were found to have tested positive without symptoms or were asymptomatic.

The agency confirmed that hospitals are ready to accommodate mpox patients for isolation. “The isolation rooms are sufficient,” the agency’s head of surveillance, epidemiology, and immunization unit, Ngabila Salama, told Tempo on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023.

Ngabila said that patients infected with mpox require two to three weeks of treatment before they are declared recovered.

A total of 28 positive cases of monkeypox were men between the ages of 25 and 50. All were infected through sexual contact.

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