BUTUAN CITY – The Surigao del Sur Provincial Health Office (PHO) on Wednesday reported the province 's first Mpox case, the third confirmed infection in the Caraga region. In a July 22 advisory, released to the media Wednesday, the PHO said the patient sought consultation in a health...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The City Health Office (CHO) confirmed the first case of Monkeypox here on Wednesday, July 23. The city government said that the patient complained of fever and developed rashes on July 6. Test results from the Research Institute of Tropical Medicine in Muntinlupa City confirmed...
DAVAO CITY – The Mati City Health Office confirmed on Thursday, June 26, the city’s first monkeypox (mpox) case, prompting swift containment actions and a renewed public advisory on preventive health measures. City Health Officer Dr. Ben Hur G. Catbagan Jr. said in a statement that the patient...
BACOLOD CITY – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) assured the public there is no cause for alarm over the first confirmed case of monkeypox (Mpox) in Negros Occidental. “Indi magpakulba (Don’t be scared), said Provincial Health Officer Dr. Girlie Pinongan in a media interview Tuesday,...
BACOLOD CITY – Talisay City in Negros Occidental logged its first monkeypox (Mpox) case. Mayor Neil Lizares, in a statement released on social media on Monday night, June 23, said the patient is currently in stable condition, under close medical supervision, properly isolated, and receiving...
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...
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson has urged the public to take precautions against monkeypox (Mpox). Lacson said that the Provincial Health Office (PHO) has issued advisories to local government units (LGUs) to stay alert, following reports of Mpox cases in Iloilo. He...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Capiz has recorded the first positive case of monkeypox (Mpox). The Capiz Provincial Health Office (CPHO) under Dr. Ramon Alex Nolasco confirmed this in a statement on Friday, June 20. According to the CPHO, the case was confirmed through a laboratory test conducted...
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government of Ormoc confirmed a patient who tested positive for monkeypox (Mpox) by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Muntinlupa City on Thursday, June 19. The patient is the second confirmed case in Eastern Visayas after a female patient from Sogod,...
TACLOBAN CITY — Sogod, Southern Leyte Mayor Sheffered Lino Tan has confirmed the first monkeypox (Mpox) case in the municipality. The first Mpox case in Eastern Visayas is a 28-year-old female with no travel history. She has fully recovered and her symptoms have been managed. Tan disclosed that...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Albee Benitez has directed the City Health Office to identify the source of the first monkeypox (Mpox) case here that was not a local transmission. Benitez said that local health authorities are probing how the patient acquired the infection, despite not having a travel...
BACOLOD CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) confirmed the first case of monkeypox in this highly-urbanized city on June 15. Mayor Albee Benitez, in a statement, said the patient is stable, properly monitored, and currently in isolation and receiving appropriate medical care. He added that the city...
