August 19, 2024
The Philippines finds this year’s first case of mpox. strain not yet known
The Philippine Department of Health announced that it has discovered a new case of the mpox virus, the first reported since December last year. However, the government said on Monday it was still awaiting test results to identify the strain. The Department of Health (DOH) said the patient was a 33-year-old Filipino man who had never traveled outside the country. In response to a question about the strain, spokesman Albert Domingo said: “We are awaiting sequencing results and will update as soon as they are available.” The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency, the


