Indonesia Sets Preventive Measures to Fight Spread of Monkeypox

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17 May 2019 12:05 WIB

The Soekarno Hatta Airport Health Officer conducted a random examination of the temperature of the passenger body that had just landed at Terminal 3 of Soekarno Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Singapore, a city state which is located next to the Indonesian island of Batam, has been shocked by a case of monkeypox over this past week. This rare virus infected a 38-year-old Nigerian who arrived in the city state on April 28, 2019. ANTARA FOTO/Muhammad Iqbal

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A health officer installed a thermal scanner in the international arrival room of Adi Soemarmo Airport in Boyolali, Central Java, on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Considering the danger of the monkeypox virus, which is potentially fatal, Indonesian health authorities in different parts of the archipelago have stepped up their prevention and detection activities. ANTARA/Aloysius Jarot Nugroho

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Foreign tourists pass a body temperature scanner at the Ngurah Rai Airport International Arrival Terminal, Badung, Bali, Thursday, May 16, 2019. At the party, the Nigerian man was reported by Channel News Asia (CNA) to have consumed "bush meat". On his third day in Singapore, he suffered from "fever, muscle aches, chills, and a skin rash" believed to be the symptoms of this rare virus". ANTARA/Nyoman Hendra Wibowo

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The Soekarno Hatta Airport Health Officer conducted a random examination of the temperature of the passenger body that had just landed at Terminal 3 of Soekarno Hatta Airport, Tangerang, Banten, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. The WHO further noted that the patient was confirmed to be suffering from monkeypox by Singapore's National Public Health Laboratory on May 8. According to WHO's fact sheet, monkeypox is a rare virus spread to humans from animals, that is found chiefly in the remote areas of central and west Africa, near tropical rainforests. ANTARA/Muhammad Iqbal

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Officers monitor the temperature of the body of the passenger passing through a body temperature scanner at the Ngurah Rai Airport International Arrival Terminal, Badung, Bali, Thursday, May 16, 2019. Considering the danger of the monkeypox virus, which is potentially fatal, Indonesian health authorities in different parts of the archipelago have stepped up their prevention and detection activities. ANTARA/Nyoman Hendra Wibowo

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A Health Officer operates a body heat scanner at the international arrival terminal of Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in Pekanbaru City, Riau, Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Considering the danger of the monkeypox virus, which is potentially fatal, Indonesian health authorities in different parts of the archipelago have stepped up their prevention and detection activities. ANTARA/FB Anggoro

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