DOH looking at requiring travelers to remove jackets to screen for monkeypox

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Kyle Planck, 26, who has recovered from monkeypox, shows scars from rashes on his skin during an interview in New York on July 19, 2022. “I don't want anyone to have to go through what I went through“ just cured of monkeypox, which gave him "the worst pain of his life" despite rapid treatment, Planck, 26, regrets the lack of response from health authorities when the epidemic appeared in the US.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Health is looking at requiring travelers to take off their jackets upon arrival in the Philippines, among others, in an effort to deter the spread of monkeypox in the country.

 

At the Senate health and demography panel’s first hearing with the health department on the pandemic situation in the country, DOH officer-in-charge Maria Rosario Vergeire said that this suggestion came as a result of the department’s talks with the Bureau of Quarantine on how else to prevent the entry of monkeypox in the country.

 

“But definitely, closing our borders is not part of our recommendations as of this time...right now, the risk is very low in the country for this type of disease,” Vergeire also told lawmakers.

 

Full Story: https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2022/08/15/2202798/doh-looking-requiring-travelers-remove-jackets-screen-monkeypox

 

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[grahamuk]

Seems reasonable. (Who wears a jacket, here in this heat anyway ?) ????

[bangon04]

and since the symptoms are often / usually seen in the genital area - it seems only right to require all foreigners to remove their underwear for a scientific search......