KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Batam administration has started measures to prevent the potential spread of monkeypox after Singapore reported its first case of the rare virus. The neighboring country reported over the weekend that it had identified a case of monkeypox that might have been brought in by a Nigerian man, who had allegedly contracted the virus by eating bushmeat at a wedding, AFP reported. The local authorities have readied two hospitals, the Batam Free Trade Zone Hospital and Embung Fatimah Public Hospital, as the main providers of special treatment for suspected monkeypox patients, as well as set up thermal detectors in five international ports directly connecting Batam and Singapore.
Batam on alert after Singapore reports monkeypox case
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Batam administration has started measures to prevent the potential spread of monkeypox after Singapore reported its first case of the rare virus. The neighboring country reported over the weekend that it had identified a case of monkeypox that might have been brought in by a Nigerian man, who had allegedly contracted the virus by eating bushmeat at a wedding, AFP reported. The local authorities have readied two hospitals, the Batam Free Trade Zone Hospital and Embung Fatimah Public Hospital, as the main providers of special treatment for suspected monkeypox patients, as well as set up thermal detectors in five international ports directly connecting Batam and Singapore.