Concerned gov’t agencies ordered to continue monitoring areas, individuals susceptible to mpox

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00:00The president is up to speed on the latest developments of the mpox health menace having

00:05made landfall in the country since a week and a half ago his instructions to his people in the

00:10department of health keep close tabs on locations with a high presence of the immunocompromised

00:16population again our alan francisco tells us more in this report

00:23president ferdinand r marcus jr immediately orders government agencies to continue

00:28monitoring areas in individuals susceptible to monkey packs or impacts during president

00:33marco's meeting with secretary chedore herbosa and other doh officials the secretary stated

00:38the most susceptible to impacts exposure or infection are immunocompromised individuals

00:44secretary herbosa informed the president that the department of health has recorded 10 cases

00:49of impacts since 2023 however these patients have already recovered he also mentioned there is no

00:55public emergency related to impacts because the number of cases is low and with a fatality rate

01:01of zero the secretary clarified that impacts is not an airborne disease unlike covid19 which is

01:07airborne impacts is transmitted through intimate or skin-to-skin physical contact with an infected

01:12person or contaminated materials according to a report from the world health organization

01:17impacts is a viral illness caused by the monkey packs virus secretary herbosa assured the department

01:23of health is prepared to treat and manage impacts in an interview herbosa also mentioned the first

01:29impacts case recorded in the country this year was a mild variant and not the deadly strain

01:35alan francisco from the national tv network for a new and better philippines