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 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.
He had reported that contact tracing for any transmission was conducted while the affected persons had been placed in isolation.
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