MANILAΜύ–ΜύTheΜύ±Κ³σΎ±±τΎ±±θ±θΎ±²Τ±π²υ‘ health ministerΒ said on Wednesday aΜύ°ω±π³¦±π²Τ³Ωly detectedΜύ³Ύ±θ΄Η³ζΜύ³¦²Ή²υ±πΜύin the Southeast Asian nation is of theΜύ³ΎΎ±±τ»εΜύ°δ±τ²Ή»ε±πΜύ2Μύ±Ή²Ή°ωΎ±²Ή²Τ³ΩΜύand not the newerΜύ±Ή²Ή°ωΎ±²Ή²Τ³ΩΜύthat has spread rapidly in Africa.
“TheΜύ³Ύ±θ΄Η³ζΜύwe found was the original variety and probably it could have been circulating in our community,” Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa told ANC news channel.
The Southeast Asian nation on MondayΒ Β its firstΜύ³Ύ±θ΄Η³ζΜύ³¦²Ή²υ±πΜύthis year. TheΜύ±Κ³σΎ±±τΎ±±θ±θΎ±²Τ±π²υΒ has now had 10 laboratory-confirmedΒ ³¦²Ή²υ±πΜύsince July 2022.
The patient, a 33-year-old Filipino male who had no travel history outside theΜύ±Κ³σΎ±±τΎ±±θ±θΎ±²Τ±π²υ, is recovering in hospital, Mr. Herbosa said, adding that all nine previously infected Filipinos had also recovered.
The World Health Organization last week declaredΜύ³Ύ±θ΄Η³ζΜύa global public healthΒ , its highest form of alert, for the second time in two years, because of an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo that had spread to neighboring countries.
The disease, caused by the monkeypox virus, leads to flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions. It is usuallyΜύ³ΎΎ±±τ»εΜύbut can kill, with children, pregnant women and people with weakened immune systems, such as those with HIV, all at higher risk of complications. – Reuters
