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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
A former presidential economic adviser has called on the government for a “clear roadmap” and reforms in the use and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines in the country after billions of pesos worth of doses expired without being utilized.
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (File photo) MANILA - President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on Monday agreed to retain the Covid-19 Alert Level System for time being even as he seeks to reclassify restrictions that are compatible with the current milder strains that afflict the patients. This developed as health authorities said that they could come up with new alert level classification by mid-August. Marcos said that the alert level could be adjusted or improved if people get their booster shots. "To avoid confusion, we will retain the alert level system for now. We are however thinking, we are studying very closely, and we'll come to a decision very soon as to decoupling the restrictions from the alert levels," Marcos said during a meeting with Department of Health Officer-In-Charge Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire. Vergeire said the DOH could come up with new classifications by the second week of August. At the same time, she sai