MANILA: The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday (Aug 19), adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain.
An undated colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox virus particles found within an infected cell , cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Integrated Research Facility Fort Detrick, Maryland. MANILA: The Philippines has detected a new case of the mpox virus in the country, the first since December last year, its health department said on Monday , adding it was awaiting test results before being able to determine the strain.
"We are awaiting sequencing results and will update once available," its spokesperson Albert Domingo said when asked about the strain., its highest form of alert, following an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that had spread to neighbouring countries. in a patient who had returned from a Gulf country, but said they did not yet know the strain of the virus.
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