A 31-year-old Filipino is the first person in the Philippines to be diagnosed with monkeypox, according to the Department of Health.

According to Dr. Beverly Ho of the DOH, the case involves a 31-year-old Filipino national who returned from abroad on July 19. Prior travel to places with recorded monkeypox infections was involved in the investigation.

According to Ho, the case was screened and verified positive for monkeypox on July 28 at the DOH Research Institute for Tropical Medicine using reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).

According to Ho, the subject has been released successfully and is currently undergoing tight isolation and monitoring at home. She goes on to say that eleven close interactions were documented, three of which were from the same home.

The DOH has urged everyone to be quarantined and is keeping an eye on them.

The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported the first case of monkeypox on Friday.

According to Dr. Beverly Ho of the DOH, the case involves a 31-year-old Filipino national who arrived from abroad on July 19. Prior travel to places with recorded monkeypox infections was involved in the case.

“The DOH detects the first confirmed case of monkeypox in the Philippines,” Ho stated in a press conference at Malacañang.

“The case has been discharged well and is undergoing strict isolation and monitoring at home,” she added.

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