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Philippines: 2024 Mpox

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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/19/world/asia/philippines-mpox-case.html

Philippines Reports First Mpox Case Since W.H.O. Declared Global Emergency
It was not clear if the patient had contracted the new, potentially more deadly strain of the disease, which first appeared outside of Africa in Sweden last week.

By Eve Sampson
Aug. 19, 2024Updated 3:19 p.m. ET

The Philippines reported its first case this year of mpox, previously known as monkeypox, on Monday, just days after the World Health Organization declared the disease a global health emergency.

The Philippines Department of Health, in a statement announcing the case, did not say whether the patient was infected with Clade Ib, the newer and potentially more deadly version of the mpox virus that is dominant now in the Democratic Republic of Congo, driving a rise in cases there.

It was an older strain, Clade IIb, that caused a worldwide outbreak of mpox in 2022.​..
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Source: https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/topstories/nation/919812/mpox-cases-philippines-doh/story/


Mpox cases in PH rise to 14, all recovering at home —DOH
By GISELLE OMBAY, GMA Integrated News
Published September 9, 2024 4:04pm

​Six additional mpox cases have been recorded in the Philippines, which put the active caseload to 14, all now recovering at home, the Department of Health (DOH) said Monday.

Health Secretary Ted Herbosa confirmed at a press conference that the total mpox cases in the country since July 2022 already stood at 23. They were from Metro Manila, Calabarzon, and Cagayan Valley.

Despite this, Herbosa said that the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) will not be activated for now.​..
 
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