MONKEYPOX or MPox (Clade II) case is confirmed in Sogod, Southern Leyte. It is the first MPox case in Eastern Visayas.
The patient is 28 years old and resident of Barangay Zone 2, Sogod Southern Leyte, who, according to the Municipal Health Office, manifested symptoms in the late part of May 2025 but was found to have no travel history.
Municipal Health Officer, Dr. Isabelita Mato informed that it took about 2 weeks until the confirmatory results were released as the swab samples needed to be submitted to the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM). Only the RITM issues official confirmatory results.
Dr. Mato, at this early, encouraged private hospitals to immediately inform the local health unit in case similar symptoms of the mpox virus is detected for an organized and systematic reporting and actions
ogod Municipal Mayor Sheferred Lino Tan, in a video statement said that the public need not panic. He asked for the public to instead support and cooperate with health workers.
The Mayor assured that the local government will organize a task force that will lead in the fight against the spread of the MPox virus.
Sogod RHU Doctor Majorette Mosot said that the patient was isolated immediately after having found to manifest symptoms of the virus. Contact tracing was conducted right away and family members were closely monitored, a report said.
Further, the LGU-RHU stated that the patient has already recovered with symptoms ably managed during the immediate isolation.
