7 Pinoys flown home from Laos cyber scam operation
MANILA, Philippines — Seven Filipinos, among those arrested for working for a company allegedly involved in cyber scam operations in Laos, have been brought home.
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WHO flags limited mpox testing in epicenter DRC
GENEVA, Switzerland — Limited capacity is keeping Mpox testing coverage low in the DR Congo -- the epicenter of the international emergency -- the World Health Organization said Saturday in its latest situation report.
Mpox kills two, six other Cameroon cases — gov't
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Cases of the mpox virus have killed two people in Cameroon since April with six further and 40 other suspected cases, the health ministry said Wednesday.
Mpox vaccines expected to arrive in DR Congo within days — WHO
GENEVA, Switzerland — A first delivery of mpox vaccines is expected to arrive in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the coming days, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Thailand confirms Asia's first known case of new mpox strain
BANGKOK, Thailand — Thailand on Thursday confirmed Asia's first known case of a new, deadlier strain of mpox in a patient who had travelled to the kingdom from Africa.
Laos arrests nearly 800 people over cyber scam network
BANGKOK, Thailand — Security forces in Laos have arrested nearly 800 people working for a cyber scam network in a shady "special economic zone" on the border with Myanmar and Thailand, local media reported.
41 placed under quarantine in QC
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the Department of Health (DoH) to closely monitor cases of mpox on Wednesday, as the Quezon City government put 41 close contacts of the first mpox patient under quarantine after he was found to have visited at least two establishments in the city.
Marcos orders continuous surveillance on Mpox
MANILA, Philippines — President Marcos has directed agencies to sustain monitoring of areas and people most vulnerable to mpox, which has been declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global public health emergency.