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MANILA - The 10 close contacts of the first monkeypox case in the country are still undergoing the required quarantine period. "And [they] have remained asymptomatic," the Department of Health told reporters on Thursday in a Viber message. On July 29, the DOH reported the first monkeypox case - a 31-year-old Filipino who arrived from overseas on July 19. "To date, there has been no new case of monkeypox in the country," the DOH said. The World Health Organization has declared monkeypox as a public health emergency of international concern. The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared public health emergency over America because it is one of the countries with the most number of monkeypox cases. Unlike coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), monkeypox is spread through close or intimate contact with someone infected. In a televised public briefing Thursday, former National Task Force Against Covid-19 adviser, Dr. Ted Herbosa, said the government