Philippines detects new mpox case after WHO public health emergency declaration
The Philippines announces on Monday, August 19, that it detected one new mpox or monkeypox case, the first in the country for 2024 and its 10th case overall.
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mpox-case-doh-report-august-19-2024/
Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mpox-case-doh-report-august-19-2024/
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00:00The Philippines announces on Monday, August 19 that it detected one new Mpox or Monkeypox case, the first in the country for 2024 and its 10th case overall
00:10This less than a week after the World Health Organization declared Mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in two years
00:17The new case is from Metro Manila and was reported to the Department of Health on Sunday, August 18
00:23This is the case of a three-year-old boy from the Philippines who has a history of Mpox
00:32He was born in Manila, Africa, and was born in a foreign country. We were able to isolate our first case
00:39The patient had a fever over a week ago before getting a, quote, distinct rash on the following areas
00:46The DOH says symptoms also include the following
00:51Mpox patients can either stay isolated at home or get confined in a hospital upon the advice of a doctor