Jakarta –
The Philippines confirmed two new Mpox cases on Monday (26/8/2024). The good news is that both cases are the clade 2b variant, which is thought to cause milder symptoms. In Asia, only Thailand reported the clade 1b variant with a high mortality rate.
The total number of active Mpox patients in the Philippines is currently at three. “We continue to see the local spread of mpox clade 2 in the Philippines, especially in Metro Manila,” Philippine Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said in a statement.
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The new confirmed cases are a 37-year-old man in Metro Manila who developed a rash on his body last week and was taken to a government hospital, as well as a 32-year-old man from the capital who complained of skin lesions. on his body.
The Philippines also announced last week that a case of a milder version of the mpox virus was found in a 33-year-old man who has no history of traveling abroad.
In total there are 12 confirmed cases as of July 2022. The World Health Organization (WHO) earlier this month raised the Mpox ‘monkey pox’ status to a global health emergency.
The highest alert type in an outbreak, Mpox has been declared a global emergency for the second time. This is because the revolution in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to neighboring countries.
The new form of the virus has raised global concerns because it appears to spread easily through regular close contact.
This disease, caused by the monkeypox virus, causes flu-like symptoms and pus-filled sores. The disease is usually mild but can kill, with children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems, such as those with HIV, all at higher risk of complications.
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2024-08-27 01:16:23
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