The Cross River Government on Sunday said it had strengthened its surveillance team in border communities and all the local governments of the state as monkey pox outbreak hits some states in South-South.

Suspected cases of monkeypox have been reported in Bayelsa, Rivers and Akwa Ibom

The Commissioner for Health, Inyang Asibong, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar.

“Cross River is not far from other states in the South-South that have witnessed the outbreak, we are working round the clock to prevent the disease in the state.

“As soon as we heard about the outbreak, we took extra precautions. Already, we have a team set up for infection, disease preparedness and control.

“We are always on alert and in constant surveillance of any disease outbreak. We have held several meetings with the state epidemiologists because we believe that prevention is better than cure.

“Currently, we are carrying out sensitisation and advocacy campaigns in communities through community leaders, town announcers and the media,” she said.

Mrs. Asibong said that the state had also taken proactive measures by dispatching its epidemiological team to strategic areas in the state.

She described monkeypox as a rare viral disease transmitted to humans from animals, adding that the first case was noticed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1970.

According to her, infection of the disease results from direct contact with the blood, bodily fluids and muscular injury of infected animals.

She said that the incubation period ranged five to 21 days.

According to her, the first five days known as `invasion period’, is characterised by fever, intense headache, swelling of the lymph back pain and others.

The commissioner also described as false, some online reports alleging that a case of monkey pox had been detected in Okuni Village in Ikom Local Government Area of the state.

The commissioner also told NAN that security personnel on border areas across the state had been sensitised about the disease.

She said that an infected person who contacts the disease usually notices symptoms similar to chicken pox and it normally starts from the face, palms and to the sole of the feet.

“We have informed security personnel to look out for these symptoms and alert us accordingly.
“The state government is very responsive to cases of disease outbreak and we pray that the recent outbreak of Monkey Pox will not get to Cross River.” (NAN)

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FTC Again? Interesting! Some people would want to insult the dumb mod that banned me. In my case, I will refrain from using harsh words like inept and nauseating. I will just forget.

I hope this is not a set up for another ban? Obviously, I can't ask fellow Nairalanders to call me - if they are interested in an Acer aspire ES 14 laptop (1 TB HDD). Reason is, this is a monkeypox thread. My number is in my signature but please don't call.

Back to the topic. Is the surveillance an attempt to hamper free movement of people (and diseases) in ONE NIGERIA? We will not take it!

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Keep kwayet and do your job. The time of collecting free salary is over

OK good

God save us.

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Lets be wise, Lassa fever came, ebola too they all just left like that. I believe the people behind this has the antinodes. I don't trust this country they can inflict pains to embezzle money from the country and outside the country. My people think wella.

Nigeria and deadly sickness... which one b monkey pox again

Ebola, lassa, now monkeypox. Who knows which is next

we have survived shitty things more than this before
this monkeypox will be added story to the history

this is similar to ebola God please save your children

Run to God now for you to be saved ...

Make Una tell the woman make she keep kwayet

And do her job

That's what Akwa Ibom State government should have done in the first place so that the virus won't even get to the state.

Nice proactive and preventive measure!

No time to waste time

Sijo01:
Ebola, lassa, now monkeypox. Who knows which is next

Python pox/fever..

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