TWO CASES OF MPOX CONFIRMED IN RIVERS STATE
The Rivers State Government on Tuesday confirmed discovery of two cases of Mpox infections.
Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, who spoke in Port Harcourt, however, assured that the Ministry of Health has put in place machineries to combat Mpox.
She said that the State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre was on high alert to respond to any emergency.
She said: “Mpox a viral disease the infected patient can present various symptoms like fever, general weakness and back pain. For some people, who may contract it, their body immune system may clear it.
Medical teams have been deployed to respond to all emergencies at the healthcare level, General hospitals and the Specialist hospital. We now have an incident plan for Mpox.
“We are galvanizing resources to find all the incident Mpox. We have Ad-hoc staff who have been engaged and trained to combat this infection. And they have the capacity to respond to this infection at all levels of our healthcare pillars.”
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