State of the Nation: RECAP: MPOX SA 'PINAS

GMA Integrated News

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00:00Forty-one men who tested positive for Mpox were referred to the SPAT Dermatology Clinic in Quezon City.

00:13Twenty-eight of them were quarantined due to a higher chance of contracting the disease.

00:19Bernadette Reyes has the report.

00:22In Quezon City, 33-year-old men who tested positive for Mpox were referred to the SPAT Dermatology Clinic in Quezon City.

00:30According to the local government, the man is not a QC, but after he was diagnosed with the disease on August 8,

00:36he went for a massage at a spa on Rodriguez Avenue on August 11.

00:41On August 15, he went for a consultation at the Dermatology Clinic in Luzon.

00:46The patient saw skin lesions on the face, arms, back, and other parts of the body.

00:52When the doctor saw this, he immediately coordinated with the barangay to transport the patient to RITM and get the specimen.

01:03Last week, he tested positive for Mpox.

01:07In the contact tracing, 41 close contacts of the patient were referred to.

01:12Ten were from the SPAT.

01:14Twenty-seven were other clients of the SPAT.

01:17Four were possibly related to him.

01:20Only three of the ten employees are from Quezon City.

01:23Four clients out of 27 are from Quezon City.

01:28The patient is high-risk because he has multiple sexual partners.

01:31The doctor who checked the patient is on PPE.

01:34We cannot consider him as a high-risk close contact.

01:38Twenty-eight of the close contacts are type 1 or have a higher chance of contracting the disease,

01:43so they are in home quarantine until September 1.

01:46He is the masseur who massaged the patient and the other clients who were exposed to the patient.

01:52None of them at this time have exhibiting symptoms.

01:57The symptoms of Mpox are skin lesions, fever, headache, body aches, and redness of the lymph nodes.

02:05If it comes out, he needs to be isolated.

02:08He needs to avoid using things that should be used around the family,

02:14such as linen, towels, etc.

02:19It should not be used.

02:21He needs intimate close contact to be protected.

02:25The spa that the patient went to was closed because the mayor's permit expired

02:30and there is no sanitary permit, environmental clearance, and fire inspection certificate.

02:36The President ordered the agencies to continue to monitor Mpox,

02:41especially for people who are vulnerable to the disease.

02:44The Health Department is ready to treat Mpox.

02:48The World Health Organization first raised the Global Public Health Emergency

02:52due to the outbreak of Mpox in Congo, where more than 1,000 people have been infected since 2023.

02:59Bernadette Reyes is reporting for GMA Integrated News.

03:04The Philippines has already appealed to the World Health Organization

03:07that it is interested in buying a smallpox vaccine as a fight against Mpox.

03:13According to Assistant Health Secretary Albert Domingo,

03:16smallpox vaccines are already being vaccinated in other countries

03:21that also provide protection against Mpox.

03:24Most of the vaccines are in Africa, where there are thousands of cases of Mpox.

03:30The DOH is planning health protocols for businesses that have close contact with customers,

03:38such as salons.

03:39Visitors to the spa and derma clinic will remember the man who tested positive for Mpox.

03:45The Quezon City LGU is appealing for cooperation to contact some of the infected patients

03:52to ensure that they are quarantined.

03:57The number of cases of Mpox in the country has increased to 12 since July 2022

04:02after the DOH confirmed two new cases of the disease.

04:07The 37-year-old man from Metro Manila is the 11th case.

04:12He is currently confined in a hospital.

04:14The 12th case, also 32 years old and from Metro Manila, is recovering at home.

04:21The two new cases have skin-to-skin contact.

04:25The DOH said that the cases are considered local transmission

04:29and are not connected to outbreaks in the Republic of Congo.

04:33Five to ten cases of Mpox are reported daily by the DOH.

04:39But it is not immediately made public until the laboratory test is confirmed.

05:03Stay tuned to GMA Pinoy TV and www.gmanews.tv.

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