RITM Special Pathogens Laboratory staff prepares reagents during optimization of assay for Monkeypox detection. The Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), through its Veterinary Research Department’s Special Pathogens Laboratory, has formally announced the successful optimization of the assay for detecting Monkeypox on June 22, 2022 This makes RITM the first and currently the only facility continue reading : RITM is PH’s first Monkeypox testing lab