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00:00The Quezon City LGU has monitored 41 close contacts of men who tested positive for Mpax or monkeypox.
00:11The World Health Organization does not recommend mass vaccination against this.
00:17Breaking news, Bernadette Reyes.
00:22Two establishments in Quezon City are being targeted now
00:26after a 33-year-old man tested positive for Mpax.
00:32The man, who tested positive for Mpax on August 8,
00:35went to a spa on Rodriguez Avenue on August 11 to get a massage.
00:41On August 15, he was taken to a dermatology clinic in Luzon.
00:46In the doctor's assessment, the patient also found skin lesions
00:51on his face, arms, back, and other parts of his body.
00:55Last week, the specimen came out positive and he tested positive for Mpax.
01:01You need to have an intimate close contact, a prolonged intimate close contact, for you to be infected.
01:0741 close contacts are being monitored.
01:1010 of them are men from the spa.
01:1327 are clients of the spa.
01:15Four more are possible suspects.
01:1928 of the close contacts were quarantined until September 1
01:23and there is a type 1 or higher chance of being infected.
01:28The spa was closed due to the expiry of the mayor's permit
01:31and there is no sanitary permit, environmental clearance, and fire inspection certificate.
01:37The type 1 close contact is critical.
01:40This is the masseur who handled the patient
01:45and also the clients who were exposed to our case.
01:51At this time, they have no exhibiting symptoms.
01:56According to the Kasan City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit,
01:59the condition of the patient's close contacts is monitored every day.
02:03It is important to detect the symptoms early
02:07to isolate and avoid the spread of Mpax.
02:11President Bongbong Marcos ordered government agencies
02:15to continue monitoring against Mpax,
02:18particularly vulnerable sectors.
02:22According to the World Health Organization,
02:24the symptoms of Mpax include skin lesions,
02:27fever, rashes,
02:29headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache, headache
02:59D.O.H. said that the case of Mpox is an old variant of the virus in the Philippines now.
03:04It is not alarming like the clade 1B.
03:08Mpox is not the new COVID.
03:11Regardless of whether it's Mpox clade 1 behind the ongoing outbreak in East Central Africa
03:18or Mpox clade 2 behind the 2022 outbreak that initially impacted Europe
03:25and has continued to circulate in Europe since.
03:28The WHO is also not recommending mass vaccination against Mpox.
03:34Only those at risk are recommended to be vaccinated, such as close contacts.
03:39There is no vaccine available for us yet.
03:41Even for our countrymen, we should get vaccinated.
03:46If there is no vaccine, we need to detect the cases early
03:51to isolate and quarantine the close contacts.
03:56This is Bernadette Reyes for GMA Integrated News.
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