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SURYAKEPRI.COM – The Indonesian Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) claims to have long detected the norovirus, which is currently an Extraordinary Event (KLB) in China, in addition to Covid-19.
“Norovirus is actually a virus that has been around for a long time, it’s different from Covid-19. “Covid-19 is a new type of virus, while Norovirus is an old virus and the symptoms are like diarrhea,” said Director of the Directorate of Prevention and Control of Direct Contagious Diseases (P2PML) of the Ministry of Health, Siti Nadia Tarmizi when contacted. CNNIndonesia.com, Wednesday (21/10).
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He explained that the characteristics of the virus generally enter the human body through contaminated water or food. Not infrequently, he said, ordinary people call it food poisoning.
“Norovirus is caused due to hygiene factors, not boiled water, like that, so there is no need to worry too much because immunity can also decrease, which is important but still maintaining cleanliness,” said Siti Nadia.
Previously, a study conducted by Juniastuti and colleagues, published in the Journal of Medical Virology in May, reported that 15.4 percent of 91 samples at hospitals in Jambi City contained norovirus.
According to Siti Nadia, the research reference conducted by Juniastuti et al. Was not the first finding of norovirus to occur in Indonesia. He explained that in 2009 research related to norovirus had been carried out in Surabaya with the object of research on children.
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