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DOH on probe Ph’ 4th monkeypox case got virus
By J.Lo
“Ito ngayon ang tinitingnan natin kasi gusto natin ma-establish kung ano yung source of infection, so among all of these close contacts, wala tayong makitang may sintomas o di kaya exposure rin or travel abroad para masabi nating dito nanggaling yung kanyang impeksyon,” Department of Health (DOH) officer in charge Ma. Rosario Vergeire said DOH is still determining where Philippines’ fourth case of monkeypox got the virus.
At the press briefing, Vergeire said 25-year-old Filipino’s 14 close contacts did not have any symptoms.
The case didn’t travel to any country with confirmed monkeypox cases.
“Hanggang sa ngayon we are still trying to investigate, trying to elicit kung saan po talaga nanggaling at maestablish yung source of infection ng fourth case na ito…we will be informing public as soon as we get that information,” Vergeire said.
DOH did not disclose location of the fourth case. However, it said that patient is now in isolation.
Among 14 close contacts of the fourth case, one of them is taking care of patient and under isolation, Vergeire said.
Of the 13 close contacts, six of them are undergoing quarantine while remaining others “are still being verified and traced.”
Vergeire said second case, who is a 34-year-old Filipino national who had recent travel to countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox, had 18 close contacts in which 17 of them were healthcare workers.
“They were assessed by the physician and ating epidemiologist surveillance teams na low risk sila because wala silang direct physical contact and they were wearing complete PPEs during the time that they checked the patient…isang healthcare medyo medium risk kasi siya yung nagcare sa pasyente,” she said.
Vergeire said they all underwent self monitoring and quarantine in their home and nobody exhibited any symptoms.
For the third case, a 29-year-old Filipino national who also had recently traveled to a country with documented confirmed cases of Monkeypox, said patient’s 17 close contacts do not exhibit any symptoms.
Thirteen of them were assessed as medium risk, while all of them are still undergoing quarantine and self monitoring.
Vergeire declined to give details about patients, including their gender.
According to the DOH official, the 34-year-old patient’s positive PCR result was released on August 18, while the 29-year-old patient’s result was released on August 19.
The DOH earlier said monkeypox is a virus transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal, or contaminated materials.
The first symptoms can include fever, headaches, sharp muscle pains, fatigue, a rash, as well as swollen and painful lymph nodes.
Severe and critical cases due to COVID-19 have been increasing in the past weeks, Vergeire.
Vergeire made remark after DOH reported that there were 811 severe and critical cases admitted in hospitals as of Sunday, August 21. This was 9.7% of the total COVID-19 admissions.
Of the 23,883 new COVID-19 cases from August 15 to August 21, 2022, 101 individuals were tagged as new severe or critical cases.
“Yes we confirm that the number or percentage of severe and critical infections had been noted to be increasing for these past weeks,” Vergeire said at a press conference.
She, however, noted that despite such an increase, the number of COVID-19 severe and critical cases has not yet exceeded 1,000 cases or the 10% threshold.
“It is still 800 plus—nandun lang tayo sa trend na ‘yun…although, hindi natin gustong maliitin ‘yung numerong ‘yun dahil nakikita nga nating may angking pagtaas doon sa severe and critical,” she added.
Vergeire also pointed out that 60% of admitted severe and critical cases in hospitals are unvaccinated or partially vaccinated against COVID-19.
With this, she called on public to get their primary vaccine series and booster shots to protect themselves from getting serious diseases due to the coronavirus.
“Isa ito sa gusto nating ma-address with this PinasLakas campaign na mabawasan natin ‘yung severe and critical na naa-admit because nababakunahan natin sila and therefore, hopefully, eventually, bababa ang severe and critical, walang masyadong magkakaron ng malubhang sakit,” she said.
Based on DOH’s data, 699 or 27% of the 2,586 intensive care unit (ICU) beds were occupied as of August 21. Meanwhile, 6,677 or 30.2% of the 22,076 non-ICU COVID-19 beds were in use.
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