Philippines: 2022 Monkeypox

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Source: https://www.rappler.com/nation/phili...ugust-22-2022/

Philippines detects fourth monkeypox case
Aug 22, 2022 7:57 PM PHT
Ryan Macasero

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Philippine Department of Health (DOH) reported its fourth monkeypox case in the country on Monday evening, August 22.

According to the DOH, the patient is a 25-year-old with no documented history of travel to where there is a monkeypox outbreak...

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Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/tops...l-now-3/story/

Philippines detects 2 more monkeypox cases; total now 3
By RICHA NORIEGA, GMA News
Published August 19, 2022 3:09pm
Updated August 19, 2022 5:17pm

The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday confirmed two more cases of monkeypox in the Philippines, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to three.
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At a press briefing, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said the two new cases are aged 34 and 29 and both had recently traveled to countries with confirmed monkeypox cases.

Vergeire declined to give the details about the patients, including their gender...

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Source: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2...monkeypox-case

Philippines detects first monkeypox case
Gaea Katreena Cabico - Philstar.com
July 29, 2022 | 2:15pm

MANILA, Philippines (Update 2:53 p.m.) — The Philippines has detected its first case of the monkeypox virus, the Department of Health announced Friday.

The infected person is a 31-year-old Filipino who arrived from overseas on July 19. Beverly Ho, the agency’s deputy spokesperson, said the case had prior travel to countries with documented monkeypox cases.

The case who tested positive on July 28. The patient’s clinical information and gender were not disclosed.

According to Ho, the country’s first monkeypox case is undergoing strict isolation and monitoring at home...