The Federal Government has asked Nigerians not to eat monkeys, bush meat and dead animals.
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this in a statement signed by the Director, Media and Public Relations at the ministry, Mrs. Boade Akinola, on Thursday.
The statement read in part, “He said that the virus was mild and there was no known treatment and no preventive vaccines hence the public should be at alert and avoid crowded places as much as possible
“He advised the public to avoid eating dead animals, bush meat and particularly bush monkeys.”
The minister also revealed that test samples had been sent to the World Health Organisation in Senegal but the result was not yet out.
Information hitting the PoliticsNGR newsdesk this afternoon indicated that the dreaded Monkeypox sickness has hit Rivers state.
According to the commissioner of health in Rivers state, Princewill Chike, 3 suspected cases have been recorded. Chike told newsmen;
“In Rivers State, we have three suspected cases already.One is from the Rumuorlumeni area. We saw it and think it is not a serious matter so we have ruled it out.
Another one is a thirteen-year-old boy at Eneka. We discovered they took the boy to a native doctor. The parents think they can handle it the native way.
We have activated our isolation centres and we have put all our Health centres on red alert.The University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, UPTH, Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital and all our Primary Health Centres have been reactivated.
We can assure you that there is no course for alarm because we are on top of the situation,” he said.
Monkeypox reportedly has no vaccine and 12 cases have been recorded in Bayelsa state.
Source: http://politicsngr.com/2017/10/06/monkeypox-hits-rivers-state-3-people-quarantined/
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