Akwa Ibom government says it has recorded five cases of Monkeypox across the state from a total of 30 samples collected for diagnosis.
From the samples, four cases were confirmed initially, including three males and a female, ranging from two, four, 12 and 41 years of age.
Samuel Etuk, a disease surveillance and notification officer who is with the state ministry of health, had earlier announced the confirmation of the four cases but has confirmed an additional one case.
Etuk confirmed the first four cases during the Media Review Meeting organised by the Breakthrough Action Nigeria (BA-N) in collaboration with the State Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (STBLCP), held in Uyo, the state capital.
On a WhatsApp group, he announced the confirmation of the additional new case. “Good morning everyone. We have another positive case of Mpox bringing the tally to five confirmed cases in the State”, he said.
He had reported that contact tracing for any transmission was conducted while the affected persons had been placed in isolation.
He said 10 community informants had been engaged per ward to work in catchment areas, reporting to the health facility focal person who in turn would forward the same to the local government disease surveillance and notification officers for an onward report to the Ministry of Health.
