By I. Inojales | 10:50 AM June 01, 2025
The provincial government of Bohol has launched a hotline for reporting cases of monkeypox or mpox.
If anyone shows symptoms of monkeypox, they are advised to contact launched the Monkeypox (mpox) Hotline—0930 251 3020 —as quickly as possible.
This information was provided in a press release on Saturday from the Provincial Information Office.
The release said that monkeypox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus, which can cause painful rashes, swollen lymph nodes, and fever.
Any person experiencing symptoms such as rashes, fever, or body aches is urged to immediately seek medical consultation and isolate at home if lesions appear.
Bohol has yet to record any cases, but its Provincial Health Office (PHO) has issued an advisory calling for heightened surveillance.
The PHO also instructed all rural health units, hospitals and local facilities to step up information drives focused on early detection, isolation and prompt reporting.
The WHO said monkeypox is caused by the orthopoxvirus which belongs to the same family of viruses responsible for the much deadlier and now-eradicated smallpox. With a report from Helen Castaño
