Rivers Confirms Two Cases Of Mpox

The Rivers State Government yesterday confirmed two cases of Mpox infections.

The Commissioner for Health, Adaeze Oreh, who spoke in Port Harcourt, however, said the Ministry of Health had put in place measures to combat Mpox.

She said the State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre was on high alert to respond to any emergency.

Oreh said: “Mpox is 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’s immune system may clear it.

“But there are some other people who may end up with severe symptoms, especially those people who are immune compromised.”

She added: “We are galvanising 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.”