Cross River confirms two Mpox cases

The Cross River State Epidemiologist, Mrs Inyang Ekpenyong, has confirmed two new cases of Mpox in Calabar Municipality Local Government Area.

She made the confirmation in a statement issued in Calabar on Saturday.

It should be recalled that the state had previously reported a case in Okoshe, Obudu Local Government Area, which was confirmed by the National Reference Laboratory in Abuja.

Ekpenyong stated that a case management team had been alerted for the urgent evacuation of the two cases to an isolation centre.

She added, “The state/LGA Rapid Response Team (RRT) has begun contact tracing, listing, and monitoring.

“We also use this opportunity to appeal for financial resources to urgently carry out the necessary response activities.”

Mpox is a rare disease caused by the Mpox virus, which typically affects rodents such as rats or mice, or non-human primates like monkeys.

The disease, first discovered in Central Africa, is primarily spread through close contact, and occasionally from the environment via objects and surfaces that have been touched by an infected person.

(NAN)

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