Philippines detects first case of monkeypox

A registered nurse preparing a dose of a monkeypox vaccine at the Salt Lake County Health Department, United States. - AP

MANILA, July 29 (Reuters): The Philippines has reported its first case of the monkeypox virus, detected in a citizen who returned from abroad earlier this month, a health ministry official said on Friday.

The patient was now in isolation, said Department of Health Undersecretary Beverly Ho.

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