The Department of Health is already coordinating with the World Health Organization for the possible procurement of vaccines against monkeypox, a virus recently declared as a “public health emergency of international concern.”
In a radio interview, DOH officer-in-charge Dr. Maria Rosario Vergeire said the United States Food and Drug Administration already registered the smallpox vaccine as a tool to be used against monkeypox.“Ang ating issue ngayon o challenge, kakaunti o limitado ang supplies ng monkeypox vaccine na ito kaya tayo ay nakikipagusap ngayon sa mga partners natin tulad ng WHO at iba pa para sa kung saka-sakaling matulungan nila tayo to access o ‘di kaya madonate-an tayo,” she said.
“Iba ang bulutong dito sa monkeypox. You will not be immune from monkeypox if you had chickenpox before. Hindi po gano’n ang ating proseso para sa sakit na ito ,” she said. The WHO on Saturday declared the monkeypox outbreak, which has affected nearly 16,000 people in 72 countries, to be aAccording to DOH, monkeypox is a virus transmitted to humans through close contact with an infected person or animal, or contaminated materials. Some of its symptoms include fever, rashes, lymphadenopathy, or death.
“Ang monkeypox ay may 10% case fatality rate. Ibig sabihin, mataas din ang case fatality rate niya. Ngunit kung ito po ay maaagapan, of course the complications will not get in,” Vergeire said.Pending the country’s procurement of the monkeypox vaccine, Vergeire reminded the public that
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