Iloilo takes stricter health measures after detection of monkeypox case

The Iloilo provincial government has taken stricter health and safety measures after detecting the country's fourth case of monkeypox in the city.

According to a report on "24 Oras," the Department of Health (DOH) is still investigating if the case is a local transmission.

To avert the spread of the disease, the local government has activated its temporary treatment shelters and monitoring facilities used for COVID-19 and has enforced strict health screening of incoming travelers.

According to city mayor Jerry Treñas, the 25-year-old man infected was a former food handler who has no travel history to countries with monkeypox case.

The patient has been isolated as well as its 14 close contacts, who are all asymptomatic.—Sherylin Untalan/LDF, GMA News