Panayam kay Asec. Albert Domingo, Spokesperson, Department of Health | Unang Balita
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00:00Mga Kapuso, we are still here at IA Terminal 3 to repeat the additional measures and measures of our government,
00:08particularly the measures to avoid the spread of MFOX cases in our country.
00:15As of now, the total number of MFOX cases in our country has increased to 14 since July 2022.
00:24And as of now, according to the Department of Health, the number of active cases is already at 5.
00:30As of now, the two new cases, MFOX Case No. 13 is a 26-year-old woman from Metro Manila,
00:38and MFOX Case No. 14 is a 12-year-old male patient from Calabar Zone.
00:46As of now, both are in home quarantine as a part of caution and to prevent the spread of MFOX here in our country.
00:54As mentioned, the screening of passengers entering and leaving our country has been tightened.
01:01We have with us Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo, the spokesperson of the Department of Health here.
01:09Assistant Secretary, good morning.
01:12Good morning Maris. Good morning to all the viewers who are listening to us.
01:20All right. First of all, Asec, before, we already have a health form that we are signing and answering.
01:26What is the difference or the additional requirement that we need to answer the electronic health form for those entering and leaving our country?
01:36Maris, the number of questions that will be answered in our health declaration form is already included in the e-travel app or the website used by our government.
01:49What we added here is, if before, we answered that you are feeling sick, if you answered yes, there will be a list.
01:58In the list, before, there are lists of symptoms like cough, cough, etc. But we added a list that you can choose.
02:08You can choose if you have a cough or a cold.
02:13This is important Maris because before, the symptoms that are written do not have a lot of symptoms on the skin.
02:19So it is possible for travelers, if they choose the symptoms, they cannot choose the symptoms on the skin.
02:27So now, it is already there and if they choose it, it will signal to help them with the Bureau of Quarantine.
02:37All right. Asec, what if the passenger came from a country that has an outbreak of mpox and the symptoms were detected?
02:45What will you do to the passenger? For example, if he is here in Paliparan?
02:49That's a good question Maris. First of all, the mpox will have an impact on our response if they are flagged.
02:55If they are flagged, there is another question that you mentioned.
02:59We have a list of countries from the WHO, if this is an outbreak or hotspot area and you came from there.
03:05So if you answered yes and you have symptoms, the Bureau of Quarantine will approach you respectfully
03:13and will conduct a secondary screening.
03:17In the secondary screening, there is a trained doctor or nurse who knows the questions and what to do to examine if you can become a suspect in an mpox case.
03:28If you are a suspect in an mpox case, we will approach you.
03:33Of course, with consent and discussion to a referral hospital or sample collection.
03:39We will also allow you to go home. It's not mandatory.
03:42As long as you get a sample collection and contact information, you can continue your isolation at home.
03:53So at home, not in the hospital?
03:57You can go home, but only for a sample collection, not in the hospital.
04:02All right. Sir, what are the additional steps that the Department of Health is doing to ensure that the deadly clade 1B that became a source of outbreaks in other countries will not spread or enter our country?
04:17Yes, Marisa. In addition to our additional screening question, we will continue our surveillance at the local level because we know that we have to cover all bases
04:29and there might be a case that entered the screening.
04:33We will continue our surveillance. I will give you an update.
04:38I don't know if you are the first one to call.
04:41In our case 10, 72 close contacts were traced.
04:46In case 11, 15 close contacts.
04:49In case 12, nine close contacts.
04:51In case 13, 26 close contacts.
04:54In case 14, four close contacts.
04:57So even as we speak on a daily basis, our surveillance and even contact tracing is getting stronger in cooperation with our LGUs.
05:09All right. Lastly, what should be done to avoid the impacts and if you are infected, what should you do?
05:19Yes, Marisa. The impacts are different from COVID.
05:23The impact is skin to skin, skin to skin.
05:26To avoid COVID, we should avoid sticking our skin.
05:31When we say sticking our skin, there is a simple protection that we can do.
05:36We should wear long sleeves, pants.
05:39We should not wear sandals or shorts and skirts.
05:42If we are in close contact, face to face or close to our heads, we should wear face masks.
05:51These are practical measures, including washing our hands and using alcohol sanitizers.
05:57So that we will not get an impact, we can avoid this. Let's not worry.
06:05And if you are infected?
06:08If we are infected with an impact, we have medicines for the symptoms, for cough, for the pain of the bones.
06:17And if it gets better, our isolation period is from two weeks to four weeks.
06:24It's like a pool of water that dries up when it lasts.
06:27And when the sky falls, you can recover and go back to what you were doing before.
06:37All right. Thank you very much for your time and for the information you provided in the first news.
06:42Assistant Secretary Albert Lumingo, spokesperson of the Department of Health. Good morning.
06:47Thank you, Denise. Good morning.