CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Health officials confirmed Northern Mindanao's first mpox (monkeypox) case Friday, involving an adult male patient from Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental.
In a health bulletin, the DOH-Region 10 Epidemiology Unit reported the patient is receiving care at Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Medical Center.
Tests at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine identified the infection as Clade II mpox, a less severe variant than the Clade Ib strain.
Ozamiz Mayor Henry Oaminal Jr. ordered immediate contact tracing and urged residents with symptoms to seek medical attention.
Follow DOH protocols on hygiene and disinfection, he advised, emphasizing vigilance against transmission. (PNA)