Today's Top 3 News: Risky Sex Leads to Rising Monkeypox Cases, Jokowi to Reshuffle Cabinet This Week
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24 October 2023 19:02 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top three news on Tuesday, October 24. Those include Risky Sex Leads to Rising Monkeypox Cases, Jokowi to Reshuffle Cabinet This Week, and BMKG Says Still No Chance of Rain in Jakarta Today but Neighbors.
The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:
1. Risky Sex Leads to Rising Monkeypox Cases, Says Health Ministry
The Indonesian Health Ministry said positive cases of monkeypox or mpox in the country are increasing. The ministry’s Director General for Disease Prevention and Control, Maxi Rein Rondonuwu, said this is caused by risky sexual behavior.
“Patients with risky sexual behavior experience lesions and reddish rashes,” Maxi said in a press statement on Monday, October 23. Other symptoms include fever, swollen lymph nodes, sore throat, muscle pain, skin rash, and difficulty swallowing.
2. Jokowi to Reshuflle Cabinet This Week
President Joko Widodo or Jokowi said he planned to conduct a cabinet reshuffle this week. The post to be replaced is the Agriculture Minister.
“It's still being prepared,” he said when met in Senayan, South Jakarta, on Tuesday, October 24, 2023.
The issue of the cabinet shake-up arose when two ministers in the cabinet were involved in corruption cases.
3. BMKG Says Still No Chance of Rain in Jakarta Today but Neighbors
Today’s weather forecast released by the BMKG for Jakarta is the same as it was yesterday: no chance of rain. For the regions surrounding the capital, however, the rain potential is higher than the day before.
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