News Reports Rivers Confirms Two Cases of Mpox by Olivia Aniunoh August 21, 2024 Published by Olivia Aniunoh August 21, 2024 8 The Rivers State Government has confirmed two cases of the deadly Mpox infection in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, confirmed the development at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.Oreh said the state had already put its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre on high alert to respond to further emergencies.“Recently, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated that there are 39 confirmed cases of mpox across the country. “Out of this number, Rivers State has two confirmed cases of Mpox. “We have deployed our medical teams to respond to all emergencies at the healthcare level, general and specialist hospitals,” she said. The state government, Oreh said, had put in place an incident plan for Mpox as well as mobilised resources to find all the incidents of Mpox cases across the state. She said the ministry had engaged and trained ad hoc staff to monitor and effectively combat the infection. “The ad hoc staff now have the capacity to respond to this infection at all levels of our healthcare pillar,” she said. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mpox is an illness caused by the monkeypox virus that is spread between people mainly through close contact.It can occasionally spread from the environment to people via things and surfaces that have been touched by a person with Mpox. (NAN) Source: Vanguard 0 comments 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail Olivia Aniunoh previous post Monkeypox: Osun Govt Issues Red Alert next post Benue CP Leads Team to Rescue Abducted Medical Students You may also like Three Sentenced To Death In Iran Over Killing... November 5, 2024 Killers Of Ugandan Olympian Sentenced to 35 years November 5, 2024 Gombe Snakebite Hospital Records Highest Cases In Sub-Saharan... November 5, 2024 Two Arrested For Stripping Teenage Girls Over Alleged... November 5, 2024 NDDC Begins Channelisation Of Creek In Bayelsa, Rivers November 5, 2024 NIGERIA VIOLENT CONFLICT WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT November 5, 2024 Driver killed As Police Rescue 23 Kidnap Victims... November 5, 2024 Kano Gov’t Probes Alleged Assault On Doctor By... November 5, 2024 Police Nab Man For Allegedly Beheading Father Inside... November 5, 2024 Insecurity: Over 20 schools, 23 markets closed in... October 29, 2024 Leave a Comment Cancel ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.