Patuloy na monitoring sa mga lugar kung saan madaling kumalat ang mpox, ipinag-utos ni PBBM

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00:00There is no public emergency of monkey packs or m-packs according to the Department of Health.

00:05The case is low and the fatality rate is high.

00:08The DOH has clarified some wrong information regarding m-packs.

00:12Alan Francisco will tell you in detail.

00:17Continue monitoring of places and people easily affected by monkey packs or m-packs.

00:23This was immediately ordered by President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr. to the government agencies.

00:27In addition to his assistance to Health Secretary Chedora Herbosa and other officials.

00:31In their assistance, Secretary Herbosa said that the most affected by m-packs

00:36are the immunocompromised or those who are easily affected by the disease.

00:40Herbosa told President Marquez that the Department of Health has identified 10 cases of m-packs since 2023.

00:47However, these patients have already recovered.

00:50There is still no public emergency related to m-packs because the case is low.

00:55The fatality rate of the disease is also low.

00:57Herbosa also clarified that m-packs are not an airborne disease.

01:00Unlike COVID-19, m-packs are not an airborne disease.

01:03Herbosa also said that m-packs are transmitted through intimate or skin-to-skin physical contact

01:09to other people who are also infected or have contaminated materials.

01:13According to the World Health Organization, m-packs are a viral illness caused by the monkey packs virus.

01:19Some of the common symptoms of m-packs are skin lesions

01:22that last for two to four weeks,

01:25accompanied by fever, headache,

01:28sore throat and back, low energy, and swollen lymph nodes.

01:33Herbosa confirmed that the DOH is ready to treat and treat m-packs.

01:37In an interview, Herbosa also said that the first m-packs case reported in the Philippines this year

01:43is a mild variant and it is not the deadly strain.

01:48Alan Francisco for Pamansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.

01:52For Pamansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.