By Alec Go
The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Monday afternoon, Aug. 22, the detection of the fourth monkeypox case in the country.
The latest case is a 25 year-old Filipino national who has no documented travel history to or from any country with monkeypox cases. The patient is currently admitted in an isolation facility.
The DOH said the positive RT-PCR test result of the patient was released on Aug. 19, 2022.
Fourteen close contacts have been identified as case investigation and contact tracing are ongoing, including one who is taking care of the case in an isolation facility and six who are undergoing quarantine.
“One is a healthcare worker who had complete personal protection equipment (PPE) at time of consultation of case, assessed as low risk, and is now self-monitoring. Details of the other six are being verified,” the DOH said.
“All four confirmed Monkeypox cases in the Philippines are unrelated to each other,” it added, while noting that the first case has already recovered and the second and third cases are in home isolation and in stable condition without further contacts.
