It was announced that the first monkeypox case was detected in the Philippines this year.
The monkeypox virus, which led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a global public health emergency, was detected in another country. In a statement made by the Philippines Department of Health, it was stated that the first monkeypox case has been seen in the country since December last year. In the statement, it was noted that the patient was a 33-year-old Filipino man with no history of traveling abroad, and it was stated that studies are ongoing to determine the type of virus. In the statement, it was stated that the symptoms in the patient started to be seen with fever more than a week ago, and 4 days later, rashes appeared on some parts of his body.
The World Health Organization declared a global public health emergency on August 14 due to the monkeypox virus spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighboring countries. In a statement made by the Swedish Public Health Agency, it was stated that a monkeypox case was seen in Sweden on August 15, that the case was the Clade I variant of the monkeypox virus and that the virus was detected for the first time outside Africa. The easy spread of this strain of the virus through close contact had caused global concern.
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