00:00A case of MPACS has been reported in Moro Region, but according to the health department, the public should not be concerned.
00:09This is the center of the news of Dian Manalo.
00:14Department of Health Secretary Ted Herbosa assured that the public should not be concerned
00:20regarding a reported case of MPACS in Moro Region and the four new cases in Calabarzon.
00:27According to Secretary Herbosa, the suspected case has already been investigated by the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine or RITM
00:35from Malabang, Lanao del Sur and they are just waiting for the results.
00:40But there's no alarm bells. The contagiousness of MPACS is the same.
00:47The one that we have is a still clade 2, the one that we're identifying.
00:51The secretaries also said that they have already been approved for a medicine and they're just giving it to those who have a serious condition.
00:59What is good though is we have approved the CPR for that medicine.
01:05Covirimat is now approved by our FDA so it can be given for severe cases.
01:09According to Secretary Herbosa, Metro Manila and Calabarzon are the only remaining hotspots in MPACS.
01:16BN Manalo for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
