The patient has no documented travel history to or from any country with confirmed cases of monkeypox.
A fourth case case ofhas been detected in the Philippines, as a 25-year-old Filipino was admitted to an isolation facility, according to OneNews.
Intensive case investigation and contact tracing is ongoing, with14 close contacts identified."One is currently taking care of the case in the isolation facility, while six are undergoing quarantine," said the DOH.
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