This advice came from Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, as the monkeypox disease threat continues.
Lacson said that same protocols being used for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) will be applied, though they hoped that monkeypox will not reach Negros Occidental.
During its incubation period, the patient with the disease is not contagious, according to medical authorities.
“It’s only when the rashes come out and of course if you noticed that, you keep distance and isolate the person (exhibiting the symptoms),” Lacson said.
Two more cases of monkeypox disease were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) in the country on August 19, the agency’s officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said.
Vergeire said the two new cases included 29 and 34 years old residents, who both have travel histories in countries with confirmed cases of monkeypox.
The test result of the 34-year-old was released on August 18, while that for the 29-year-old patient was released on August 19.
Vergeire said 17 close contacts of the two cases have been located and contact tracing is still ongoing.
The country has so far detected three cases of monkeypox.
The first case was detected in July from a 31-year-old who also traveled to a country with confirmed monkeypox cases.
Monkeypox transmits through direct contact, mostly through sexual contact, according to the DOH.
Among the symptoms are fever, body malaise, rashes, and swollen and painful lymph nodes.
The World Health Organization said nearly 16,000 cases of the said virus have been detected across the world.