NO CAUSE FOR CONCERN Well being Secretary Teodoro Herbosa stated on Sept. 10, there could be no reimposition of the stringent measures carried out on the top of the pandemic because the mpox scenario within the nation stays underneath management. —INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Three new circumstances of mpox (previously referred to as monkeypox) had been recorded within the nation, bringing the depend to 18, Division of Well being (DOH) chief Teodoro Herbosa stated on Monday.
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“As of August 18, labingwalo na po ang ating confirmed mpox circumstances,” Herbosa stated in a press convention.
(As of August 18, there are 18 confirmed mpox circumstances.)
5 circumstances have recovered whereas 11 circumstances are nonetheless present process house isolation and haven’t transmitted the virus to others, the DOH stated.
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“Ang maganda rin, ang lahat ng 18 na na-pick up namin as of now, wala pang nahawang iba,” Herbosa stated.
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(What’s good is, that every one the 18 circumstances we picked up haven’t but unfold the virus to others.)
“Wala silang epidemiological hyperlink,” he added.
(They don’t have any epidemiological hyperlink.)
No deaths have been reported as a consequence of mpox up to now.
The World Well being Group once more declared mpox a public well being emergency of worldwide concern—the best alert—after the surge of circumstances in African international locations.
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