SEN. Nancy Binay wants to know the action plan of the Department of Health (DoH) on mpox, a disease declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a public health emergency.

The senator filed Resolution 1159 seeking an inquiry amid the WHO's pronouncement that the mpox virus is an orthopoxvirus that causes mpox, a disease with symptoms similar to smallpox, although less severe.

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