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Mpox Clade Ib variant has faster transmission rate: BRIN

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) stated that the monkeypox virus (Mpox) Clade Ib variant is indicated to have a faster transmission rate with a higher level of severity, including in the child population.

“We have a responsibility to prevent an outbreak from occurring in Indonesia. Further research is needed on epidemiology, transmission, and the development of new vaccines or therapies to control Mpox,” said Head of the BRIN Health Research Institute, Ni Luh Putu Indi Dharmayanti, in an official statement at her office, Wednesday.

He explained that Mpox is caused by several clades, namely clade Ia, clade lb, and clade Ilb. Clade Ia is related to cases that occur in children and adults with more severe clinical manifestations.

Meanwhile, the lb and Ilb clades are mostly spread through human-to-human sexual transmission. Closer examination is being carried out following the discovery of the Ib clade variant outside Africa, he added.

In an effort to prevent an increase in Mpox cases, the government has tightened health checks at the country’s entry points and reactivated tracking of cross-border mobility through the SATUSEHAT Health Pass application, Dharmayanti explained.

Previously, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the government had decided to reactivate the early detection system for infectious diseases to prevent the entry of Mpox into the country.

This effort is a surveillance strategy adopted by the government in response to the emergence of the latest Mpox strain with clade Ib, which is more deadly than clade IIb.

“The mortality rate of the Ib variant is higher than the previous variant. The mortality rate of this variant is close to 10 percent compared to the old variant which was only 0.1 percent,” said the Minister of Health.

Every traveler coming from abroad must scan the barcode or QR code, which records travel history, with the yellow, green and red notifications on the Electronic Surveillance Card.

The Ministry of Health has prepared two PCR machines to detect Mpox symptoms in 30-40 minutes, each stored in Jakarta, Cengkareng, and Bali.

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Translator: Farhan Arda N, Resinta Sulistiyandari
Editor: Azis Kurmala
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