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Indonesia confirms first case of monkeypox

Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox - an international traveller returning home from a country with confirmed cases.
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Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox -  aninternational traveller returning home from a country with confirmed cases.

The Indonesian Ministry of Health said on August 20 that the27-year-old male tested positive in the capital Jakarta late August 19.

Spokesman of the ministry Mohammad Syahril has urged Indonesians to keepcalm, reassuring the public that monkeypox is treatable.

Indonesia has so far tested 22 suspected cases from across the country, ofwhich all were negative.

Neighbouring Singapore alsoreported its first local case of monkeypox last month. Elsewhere in SoutheastAsia, the Philippines and Thailand have also confirmed cases.

The World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency,with more than 40,000 confirmed cases of monkeypox, including 12 deaths, inover 80 countries across the world.  Europeand the Americas are the hardest hit regions./. 

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