Baguio records first mpox case

Baguio records first mpox case

By: - Reporter / @FArgosinoINQ
10:10 PM January 19, 2025

MPOX in Baguio

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MANILA, Philippines — Baguio City has logged its first mpox (formerly called monkeypox) case, a viral disease that comes with either rashes or blisters, according to the city’s public information office (PIO).

In a post, the Baguio City PIO, citing its health services office, said the patient is a 28-year-old male with milder MPXV Clade II infection.

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It further said that the patient had already completed isolation and was released last January 17.

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READ: Mpox: What is it, how it spreads, care for patients

Earlier, Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa explained that “Mpox Clade II is transmitted by close and intimate, skin-to-skin contact and through objects touched by patients with active skin lesions.”

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In September last year, assured the public that its mpox response includes prompt testing, contact tracing, and home care, pointing out that this helps them to “break chains of transmission.”

Despite the increasing cases in the country, he said the health agency will not implement any “border control or community quarantine (lockdowns).”

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