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THE Quezon City government on Wednesday reported another mpox (monkeypox) case, <\/strong>the sixth individual to have contracted the disease in the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The City Epidemiology and Surveillance Division (CESD) said that the patient, a 31-year-old male resident of the city, tested positive for mpox after exhibiting symptoms on October 18.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n According to CESD chief Rolando Cruz, during a patient interview and case investigation report, the male city resident visited the F Club on October 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n On October 31, the results were released to the Quezon City Health Department\u2019s CESD.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte approved a recommendation from the City Health and Business Permit Departments to permanently close the Fahrenheit or F Club located on E. Rodriguez Avenue.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n F Club has been identified several times as the possible place of exposure of confirmed mpox patients.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Aug. 24, 2024, the Business Permits and Licensing Department (BPLD) issued a cease-and-desist order to F Club for refusing to cooperate with the city’s contact tracing team, and violating Republic Act 11332, or the Mandatory Reporting of Notifiable Diseases and Health Events of Public Concern Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A compliance order on September 27 was released to reiterate the establishment’s need to comply with local and national laws.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Despite the standing cease-and-desist order, the BPLD received a new business application under the business name “F.I.N.E Wellness bar and F.I.N.E spa,” but sharing the same address and facilities with F Club.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Prior to the confirmation of the latest mpox case, it turned out that the club resumed operation using the new business application.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n “In the interest of public health, we are serving the closure order to F Club and this FINE Wellness bar and Spa,” Belmonte said as she reiterated the importance of putting high value on public health.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cKahit magpalit pa kayo ng business name, hindi namin kayo papayagang mag-operate hangga’t hindi pa kayo compliant sa mga batas, ordinansa at regulasyon ng lungsod,\u201d she said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The local government said it plans to hold a forum with different establishments likes spas and other wellness and entertainment establishments to address and curb the spread of mpox in the city.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cHindi namin hahayaan na marami pang QCitizen ang malagay sa panganib. Ensuring the safety and well-being of our QCitizens remains our primordial duty,\u201d Belmonte added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" THE Quezon City government on Wednesday reported another mpox (monkeypox) case, the sixth individual to have contracted the disease in the city. The City Epidemiology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9845,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9843\/revisions\/9845"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}