No new mpox case in Philippines, DOH says as global health emergency is declared

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Raphael Bosano

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<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1723771397511mpox.jpg" style="width: 950px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Extracellular, brick-shaped mpox virions (colorized pink). Backlighting shows surface membranes of the virions and the outlines of nucleocapsids. NIAID&nbsp;&nbsp;MANILA -- There are no new cases of mpox in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency for the second time in two years due to the infectious disease.&quot;Sa Pilipinas, ang mpox na naitala natin so far ay 9 pa po at hindi naman dumagdag. Ang pinakahuling kaso na na-detect po natin was December 2023,&quot; DOH Spokesperson Albert Domingo said in a public briefing.The WHO sounded its highest possible alarm over mpox following a rise in cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the spread to nearby countries.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2024/8/15/what-is-the-mpox-strain-spreading-in-central-africa-1507">What is the mpox strain spreading in Central Africa?</a>&quot;Bakit ang WHO ay nagdeklara ng sinasabing public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)? Kasi po gusto ng buong mundo...na huwag na sanang palabasin pa doon sa lugar po na kumakalat. At ang paraan para dito ay magkaisa ang ating mga bansa sa pagtulong sa African continent,&quot; Domingo said.A PHEIC is the highest level of alarm under the International Health Regulations, which are legally binding on 196 countries.DOH said Philippine surveillance systems were on alert over the growing outbreak.&quot;Ang atin pong Bureau of Quarantine wala pong dagdag na process pero ang tinatawag ho namin na kapag sinabi naming naka-alert sila, nagtatanong po sila siguro nang may additional questions or baka mas maganda ho iyong interview pagdating sa ating mga biyahero mula sa Africa at pati na rin iyong mga papuntang Africa kailangang inaabisuhan natin,&quot; Domingo said.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2024/8/14/who-declares-mpox-a-global-health-emergency-510">WHO declares mpox a global health emergency</a> MPOX: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths reported so far this year in DR Congo had already exceeded last year&#39;s total.Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was first discovered in humans in 1970 in what is now the DRC.Mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals but can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact.The disease causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions.In May 2022, mpox infections surged worldwide, mostly affecting gay and bisexual men, due to the clade 2b subclade.The WHO declared a public health emergency which lasted from July 2022 to May 2023. The outbreak, which has now largely subsided, caused some 140 deaths out of around 90,000 cases.The clade 1b subclade, which has been surging in the DRC since September 2023, causes more severe disease than clade 2b, with a higher fatality rate.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2024/8/7/africa-mpox-resurgence-fuels-alarm-1411">Africa mpox resurgence fuels alarm</a>Two vaccines for mpox are recommended by WHO immunization experts.A PHEIC has only been declared seven times previously since 2009: over H1N1 swine flu, poliovirus, Ebola, Zika virus, Ebola again, COVID-19 and mpox.&quot;Ang mpox ay nalilipat sa close physical contact. Malaking pagkakaiba &lsquo;yan sa COVID na sa hangin [nakukuha],&quot; Domingo said.&nbsp;

<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2024/8/15/what-is-the-mpox-strain-spreading-in-central-africa-1507">What is the mpox strain spreading in Central Africa?</a>&quot;Bakit ang WHO ay nagdeklara ng sinasabing public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)? Kasi po gusto ng buong mundo...na huwag na sanang palabasin pa doon sa lugar po na kumakalat. At ang paraan para dito ay magkaisa ang ating mga bansa sa pagtulong sa African continent,&quot; Domingo said.A PHEIC is the highest level of alarm under the International Health Regulations, which are legally binding on 196 countries.DOH said Philippine surveillance systems were on alert over the growing outbreak.&quot;Ang atin pong Bureau of Quarantine wala pong dagdag na process pero ang tinatawag ho namin na kapag sinabi naming naka-alert sila, nagtatanong po sila siguro nang may additional questions or baka mas maganda ho iyong interview pagdating sa ating mga biyahero mula sa Africa at pati na rin iyong mga papuntang Africa kailangang inaabisuhan natin,&quot; Domingo said.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2024/8/14/who-declares-mpox-a-global-health-emergency-510">WHO declares mpox a global health emergency</a> MPOX: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the more than 14,000 cases and 524 deaths reported so far this year in DR Congo had already exceeded last year&#39;s total.Formerly called monkeypox, the virus was first discovered in humans in 1970 in what is now the DRC.Mpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus transmitted to humans by infected animals but can also be passed from human to human through close physical contact.The disease causes fever, muscular aches and large boil-like skin lesions.In May 2022, mpox infections surged worldwide, mostly affecting gay and bisexual men, due to the clade 2b subclade.The WHO declared a public health emergency which lasted from July 2022 to May 2023. The outbreak, which has now largely subsided, caused some 140 deaths out of around 90,000 cases.The clade 1b subclade, which has been surging in the DRC since September 2023, causes more severe disease than clade 2b, with a higher fatality rate.<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2024/8/7/africa-mpox-resurgence-fuels-alarm-1411">Africa mpox resurgence fuels alarm</a>Two vaccines for mpox are recommended by WHO immunization experts.A PHEIC has only been declared seven times previously since 2009: over H1N1 swine flu, poliovirus, Ebola, Zika virus, Ebola again, COVID-19 and mpox.&quot;Ang mpox ay nalilipat sa close physical contact. Malaking pagkakaiba &lsquo;yan sa COVID na sa hangin [nakukuha],&quot; Domingo said.&nbsp;

&quot;Sa Pilipinas, ang mpox na naitala natin so far ay 9 pa po at hindi naman dumagdag. Ang pinakahuling kaso na na-detect po natin was December 2023,&quot; DOH Spokesperson Albert Domingo said in a public briefing.The WHO sounded its highest possible alarm over mpox following a rise in cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the spread to nearby countries.

<img src="https://news-image-api.abs-cbn.com/Prod/editorImage/1723771397511mpox.jpg" style="width: 950px;" class="fr-fic fr-dib">Extracellular, brick-shaped mpox virions (colorized pink). Backlighting shows surface membranes of the virions and the outlines of nucleocapsids. NIAID&nbsp;&nbsp;MANILA -- There are no new cases of mpox in the Philippines, the Department of Health (DOH) said Thursday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency for the second time in two years due to the infectious disease.

There are no new cases of mpox in the Philippines, the DOH said Thursday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency for the second time in two years due to the infectious disease.

There are no new cases of mpox in the Philippines, the DOH said Thursday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global public health emergency for the second time in two years due to the infectious disease.

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No new mpox case in Philippines, DOH says as global health emergency is declared

No new mpox case in Philippines, DOH says as global health emergency is declared