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August 22, 2022, 07.31 PM

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from traveling overseas, the country’s health ministry said on Saturday, Aug. 20.

The World Health Organization designated the outbreak of the virus an emergency last month -- something it reserves for diseases of highest concern.

Indonesian health ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril said the patient had a “high awareness and knowledge of the disease”.

“So when he got the symptoms, he immediately checked it (with) the doctor. The result came (back) positive within a day,” Syahril told reporters, adding that the man was now in isolation in the capital Jakarta.

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Symptoms of monkeypox -- which is endemic in parts of Central and Western Africa -- include lesions, fever, muscle ache, and chills. It has only been fatal in rare cases.

The patient arrived in Indonesia on Aug. 8 and developed symptoms of fever and rashes a week later.

The ministry spokesperson declined to identify the country from where the man had traveled to Indonesia.

Also readPhilippines Reports First Case of Monkeypox

Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, Singapore has confirmed more than a dozen cases and the Philippines and Thailand have also recorded their first cases. The United States has recorded thousands of cases.

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