Reelectionist Senator Christopher “Bong” Go on Monday, March 3, called on the public and health authorities to remain vigilant against the monkeypox or mpox disease, emphasizing the importance of maintaining proactive measures in the Philippines, given the potential risk of importation of...
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office has urged the public to be vigilant after two new cases of monkeypox or mpox were confirmed here. The CHSO said the two new mpox cases were a 21-year-old male and a 21-year-old female. They have no connection to the two previous patients in January....
BAGUIO CITY – The City Health Services Office reported the second case of monkeypox or mpox here. The first mpox case here was detected on Jan. 17, a 28-year-old man who underwent isolation and recovered after a few days. The CSHO said the second laboratory-confirmed case of mpox was...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong said on Monday, Jan. 20, that the patient who was reported to have died of monkeypox here is not a resident of this city. Magalong also said that the victim cannot be considered the first case here as he had not lived in this city for a long time. The city...
BAGUIO CITY – Mayor Benjamin Magalong here said that there is no reason to panic or impose a lockdown after this city recorded its first Monkeypox or Mpox case. Magalong said they are conducting contact tracing to determine the patient’s close contacts. However, Magalong said they are having...
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Teodoro Herbosa confirmed on Monday, Nov. 25 that a suspected case of monkeypox (mpox) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has tested negative for the virus. In a televised public briefing, Herbosa shared the “good news” after...
ILIGAN CITY – The Lanao del Sur Integrated Provincial Health Office has reported a suspected monkeypox case involving a resident of Barangay Masao, Malabang, Lanao del Sur. The patient was taken to the Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi City and laboratory confirmation of the case...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 16, stressed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Philippines has yet to approve any mpox vaccines in the country. (DOH / MB Visual Content Group) “Wala pang inaprubahan ang FDA na bakuna ng mpox sa Pilipinas (The FDA has not yet approved any...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Friday, Sept. 13, issued a warning against mpox vaccines that are reportedly available in the country. MB Visual Content Group In a public health advisory, the DOH stated that it has come to its attention that some organizations or individuals may be offering mpox...
The Metro Manila Council (MMC) called for a more proactive and widespread information dissemination campaign on monkeypox or mpox after the Department of Health (DOH) logged 15 active mpox cases as of Wednesday, September 11. MMC President and San Juan City Mayor Francis Zamora, together with MMDA...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Department of Health has recorded the first confirmed mpox case in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley. The DOH-Cagayan Valley-Center for Health Development is in close coordination with the City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit and actively conducting contact...
The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, Sept. 9, expressed its readiness to manage mpox cases, even if the new strain, clade 1b, makes its way to the country. DOH / MB Visual Content Group “I think clade 1b will eventually come…siguradong papasok iyan (it will definitely enter [our...
