Cross River govt confirms two fresh M-pox cases

The Cross River State government has confirmed two new cases of M-pox in the state.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr. Ekpo Bassey, told journalists on Friday in Calabar that the cases were recorded in the state capital.

The development brought to five the number of M-pox cases in the Calabar Municipality.

Bassey, who is also the Incident Manager of the Cross River M-pox Response, said the cases were discovered on Monday by the state surveillance team, and samples sent to the National Reference Hospital, Abuja.

He said: “The results were received on Thursday, October 24 confirming the cases and immediately other pillars responded to manage the cases accordingly.

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“Right now both cases are stable and we are monitoring them closely we are also trying to carry our sensitisation and infection control to prevent the disease from spreading.

“The two new cases were from a boy of about 18 in the University of Calabar the other was a baby around Ikot Ekpo area. However, the parents did not have the symptoms and we are trying to find out how it happened.

“Before now we have had three cases in Calabar Municipality, we have done contact tracing and we are monitoring all the persons that had contact with the cases.”

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