(FILES) In this file handout photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention taken in 1997 during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), depicts the dorsal surfaces of a monkeypox case in a patient who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage. (Photo by Brian W.J. Mahy / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / AFP) LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte—Health facilities in the Ilocos region were asked to prepare isolation rooms following the first reported monkeypox case in the Philippines on Friday, July 29.

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