PBBM, ipinag-utos ang monitoring sa mga lugar na madaling kumalat ang mpox

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00:00Continuing monitoring of places and people easily affected by monkey packs or mpacs.

00:07This was immediately ordered by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to government agencies

00:12in his assistance to Health Secretary Chedora Herbosa and other officials.

00:16In their assistance, Secretary Herbosa said that the most likely to be affected by mpacs

00:21are those who are immunocompromised or those who are easily affected by the disease.

00:24Herbosa told President Marcos that the Department of Health has recorded 10 cases of mpacs since 2023.

00:31However, these patients have already recovered.

00:35There is still no public emergency related to mpacs because the number of cases is low.

00:39Likewise, the fatality rate of the disease.

00:42It was also clarified that mpacs are not an airborne disease.

00:45Unlike COVID-19, it is not an airborne disease.

00:48Herbosa also said that it is transmitted through intimate or skin-to-skin physical contact

00:53to other people who are also infected or have contaminated materials.

00:57According to the World Health Organization, mpacs are a viral illness caused by the monkey packs virus.

01:03Some of the common symptoms of mpacs are skin lesions that last for two to four weeks,

01:10accompanied by fever, headache, itchiness in the back, low energy, and swollen lymph nodes.

01:17Herbosa assured the DOH that mpacs are ready to treat and treat.

01:22In an interview, Herbosa also said that the first mpacs case recorded in the Philippines this year is a mild variant

01:29and it is not the deadly strain.

01:32Meanwhile, Dr. Nina Gloriani, head of the DOST Vaccine Development Expert Panel,

01:38said that the Philippines does not need vaccines against mpacs.

01:42However, she called for more vaccines in the country against dengue.

01:46In an interview with Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon, she said that there are new generations of vaccines for dengue

01:53and the Philippines can apply them here.

01:55In Southeast Asia, only Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand and Malaysia have vaccines against the so-called disease.

02:03Our vaccine panel is not functional now.

02:09But according to the FDA, there are new vaccines for dengue that we should look into.

02:17Actually, as far as I know, there is an application.

02:20This is the next, second generation of vaccine for dengue that has higher protection against the four types of dengue

02:34and has a good safety profile.

02:38Hopefully, it can be used for six to 16 years of age.

02:43Actually, the WHO has a recommendation to use this.

02:49However, the approval of this is not yet available to us.

02:53Alan Francisco for Pamansang TV in Bagong, Pilipinas.