The Department of Health (DOH) reported that the country’s fourth monkeypox case has already recovered.
The DOH said that “no additional symptoms” were seen in the 25-year-old Filipino with no history of travel to any country with confirmed monkeypox cases.
“Upon further verification, the case was tagged as recovered on the same day was discharged from the hospital on Sept. 15,” the DOH said in a statement.
“ case has met the required lesion criteria for de-isolation,” it added.
So far, the Philippines has four confirmed cases of monkeypox since its first detection last August.
Monkeypox virus is "transmitted from one person to another by close contact with lesions, body fluids, respiratory droplets and contaminated materials such as bedding," the World Health Organization (WHO) said.
"Monkeypox typically presents clinically with fever, rash and swollen lymph nodes and may lead to a range of medical complications," it added.