The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday confirmed two new cases of mpox in Metro Manila.
This brings the number of active cases in the country to three and the total case count since 2022 to 12.
Both of the new cases were infected by Clade II, a milder form of the virus.
The patients are males aged 32 and 37 who had close, intimate, skin-to-skin contact.
“We continue to see local transmission of mpox Clade II here in the Philippines, in Metro Manila in particular,” Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa said.
“Mpox moves from skin-to-skin, both during sexual encounters and also other intimate forms of skin contact. It is not airborne,” he added.
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