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The Philippines has recorded its first mpox case since the World Health Organization declared a public health emergency of international concern over the outbreak.Overall, this marks the country’s 10th mpox case, with the next most recent instance reported in December 2023.Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa has since assured the public there is no need for quarantine facilities since mpox patients can self-isolate at home for three weeks.
A deadly and more transmissible strain of the virus known as Clade 1b has killed hundreds of people in the Democratic Republic of Congo and been detected in Sweden and Pakistan in recent days. The 33-year-old Filipino man, who contracted the virus had not travelled outside the country, the DOH said in a statement. His case was reported by a government hospital.Test results of specimens collected from the man’s skin lesions “are positive for Monkeypox viral DNA,” the statement said.
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