Sufferers down with monkey pox (Mpox) virus in Akwa Ibom State has risen to 5.
This was revealed on Breakthrough Motion-Nigeria WhatsApp group by the Illness Surveillance and Notification Officer within the State Ministry of Well being, Samuel Etuk, who earlier introduced that the variety of sufferers within the state was 4.
He wrote, “Good morning everybody. Now we have one other constructive case of Mpox bringing the tally to five confirmed instances within the State.”
Etuk reported that contact tracing for any transmission was performed whereas the affected individuals had been positioned on isolation.
He mentioned 10 group informants had been engaged per ward to work in catchment areas, reporting to the well being facility focal one that in flip would ahead identical to the native authorities illness surveillance and notification officers for an onward report back to the Ministry of Well being.
