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THE country’s active cases of mpox have increased to eight following the detection of three new cases, the Department of Health said Sunday, September 1, 2024.In a statement, the DOH said the two new mpox cases, ages 29 and 34 were both from Metro Manila while the other, also 29 years old is in Calabarzon.Two of the new cases had anonymous sexual encounters with more than one partner, while the other had close, skin-to-skin sexual contact with another person who had skin symptoms.
It said the three, just like two other cases, tested positive of MPXV clade II, which is a milder form of the mpox virus.They were all exhibiting symptoms such as rashes or vesicles on the face, thorax, arms, legs, and soles, headache, muscle pain, and swollen neck lymph nodes.They are all under home isolation.Since July 2022, the country has a total of 17 mpox cases, eight remain active.
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