DOH, handang tugunan ang banta ng mpox sa bansa
DOH, handang tugunan ang banta ng mpox sa bansa
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00:00The World Health Organization declared Monkey Pax or M-Pax as one of the Global Public Health Emergencies.
00:08Although it is a low risk to the public, according to the Health Department, it should not be neglected.
00:14But what are the symptoms and what should be done to avoid it?
00:20Nayomi Tiburcio will tell you in detail.
00:22For the second time since 2022, the Public Health Emergency of International Concern of World Health Organization or WHO declared Monkey Pax as one of the Global Public Health Emergencies due to the re-emergence of Monkey Pax in Africa and other countries.
00:41Monkey Pax is a virus that can be transmitted from an animal to a human or human to human through skin contact.
00:49Monkey Pax was first seen in the group of monkeys in Africa in 1958.
00:54Monkey Pax used to be found only in West and Central Africa, but later this disease also occurred in other countries, where it is usually reported to be travelers from Africa and imported animals.
01:08Here in the Philippines, the first case of Monkey Pax was recorded in July 2022.
01:14Four cases were reported in the country in 2022, while five in 2023.
01:20But WHO said that its risk is low to the public and most of the cases come from no medicine.
01:28However, it should not be neglected because the situation of outbreaks around the world is changing.
01:35Just like now, a different strain of the virus was found compared to 2022.
01:41Explained by the DOH, CLAID-2, the so-called Monkey Pax virus was found in 2022 while CLAID-1 was found in the present.
01:51Health experts are still studying the differences between the two types of virus.
01:56The Department of Health repeatedly emphasized that the government is ready to address the Monkey Pax virus in the country because there are guidelines here.
02:06What is needed is to spread to the public the information on how to get or get infected with Monkey Pax.
02:13The M-Pax is infected with the so-called skin-to-skin contact or face-to-face.
02:19Skin-to-skin contact is when people have no M-Pax but have M-Pax.
02:24This is different from COVID-19, which is said to be airborne.
02:28Because of this, the symptoms of M-Pax are seen on the skin, it is combined with so-called pustules.
02:35It is like a scab that has white inside and there is a slight implication or swelling in the middle.
02:42The important thing here is that it also has a common pathogen called lymphadenopathy or kulani.
02:50According to the DOH, the incubation period is one to 21 days or before the Monkey Pax is infected.
02:57Symptoms such as swelling of the kulani can be easily seen while there is a scab on the face, hands, feet, body, eyes, mouth or nose.
03:09It can also experience headaches, dizziness and dizziness, fainting, and being dizzy.
03:15The WHO has long announced that there is a vaccine that has been approved to prevent the spread of M-Pax,
03:23but the agency does not yet recommend mass vaccination against it.
03:28The WHO clarified that M-Pax is not a sexually transmitted infection,
03:33there is only infection because it is transmitted through close physical contact.
03:38According to the DOH,
04:03alcohol or hand sanitizers.
04:05And if we are going to use it, it is better if we don't share our clothes first.
04:11Then the activities that have a lot of physical contact.
04:14Naomi Timurcio for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.