Two More Cases of Mpox Confirmed in Cross River

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

Ekpenyong made the confirmation in a statement in Calabar on Saturday.

Recall that the state had earlier reported a case in Okoshe, Obudu Local Government Area, which was confirmed by the National Reference Laboratory in Abuja.

The Epidemiologist said a case management team had been informed for urgent evacuation of the two cases to an isolation centre.

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“The state/LGA Rapid Response Team (RRT) have commenced contact tracing, listing and monitoring.

“We also use this opportunity to appeal for financial resources to urgently carry out the needed response activities,” she added.

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EKO HOT BLOG reports that Mpox is a rare disease caused by the M-pox virus, which usually affects rodents such as rats or mice or non-human primates such as monkeys.

The disease, which was first discovered in Central Africa, is spread mainly through close contact and occasionally from the environment to people via things and surfaces that have been touched by a person with M-pox.

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