The Rivers State Government has confirmed two cases of fatal Mpox infection in the state.
Dr. Adaeze Oreh, the Commissioner for Health, verified the event during a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.
Oreh stated that the state’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre was already on high alert to respond to any future incidents.
“Recently, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control stated that there are 39 confirmed cases of Mpox across the country.
“Out of this number, Rivers State has two confirmed cases of Mpox.
“We have deployed our medical teams to respond to all emergencies at the healthcare level, general and specialist hospitals,” she said.
The state government, Oreh said, had put in place an incident plan for Mpox as well as mobilized resources to find all the incidents of Mpox cases across the state.
She said the ministry had engaged and trained ad hoc staff to monitor and effectively combat the infection.
“The ad hoc staff now have the capacity to respond to this infection at all levels of our healthcare pillar,” she said.
