Jakarta, Oct. 3 -- Indonesia's Health Ministry confirmed that nine people who tested positive during a whole-body counter (WBC) examination for Cesium-137 (Cs-137) exposure have received treatment at a Jakarta hospital and are in good health with no symptoms.

The ministry's head of communication and public information, Aji Muhawarman, said the findings came from health checks on around 1,562 workers and residents living near the Modern Cikande Industrial Estate in Serang, Banten, following the discovery of shrimp contaminated with the radioactive material Cs-137.

"For their treatment, they were given Prussian blue medicine," Muhawarman said on Thursday.

He added that the detection process involves several steps, beginning with the use ...