Monkeypox Hits Bayelsa, 10 People, Including a Doctor, Quarantined... 49 Others Being Tracked
According to the World Health Organization, monkey-pox is a rare disease that occurs primarily in remote parts of Central and West Africa, near tropical rain-forests.
“The monkey-pox virus can cause a fatal illness in humans and, although it is similar to human smallpox which has been eradicated, it is much milder,” WHO says.
It was authoritatively learnt that a medical doctor and 10 persons who came down with the monkey-pox had been quarantined in an isolation center at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
The isolation centre was reportedly created by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control and the epidemiological team of the state’s Ministry of Health to control the spread of the virus.
The NCDC and the epidemiological team were said to be tracking 49 other persons who were said to have come in contact with persons who were already infected.
The state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu, confirmed the development, saying that samples of the virus had been sent to the World Health Organization laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, for confirmation.
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