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Indonesia records first monkeypox case

A staff member prepares a monkeypox vaccine at a drive-through vaccination point being run by the Westchester Medical Center outside New York City, on July 28. (Reuters Photo)

JAKARTA: Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from travelling overseas, the health ministry said on Saturday.

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

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