{"id":128932,"date":"2024-08-25T17:59:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T16:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/cross-river-govt-begins-contact-tracing-for-female-m-pox-case"},"modified":"2024-08-25T19:02:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-25T18:02:11","slug":"cross-river-govt-begins-contact-tracing-for-female-m-pox-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/cross-river-govt-begins-contact-tracing-for-female-m-pox-case","title":{"rendered":"Cross River govt begins contact tracing for female M-Pox case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk has confirmed that a case of Monkeypox (M-Pox) has been confirmed in the state and that they are doing contact tracing to ascertain where she has been and how many have come in contact with her.<\/p>\n

Ayuk said, \u201cThe case, a female from Okoshe village in Obudu local government area. She was at Federal Medical Centre, Abakaliki to access care.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigation about her travel history is ongoing, to ascertain what took her primarily to Ebonyi, as there is no medical history or referral from Obudu.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the investigation of the travel history of the case is ongoing, the state government is responding actively to mitigate any outbreak in Obudu,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n

Ayuk said he has directed the Mpox Emergency Operation Center to be activated immediately, with the Special Adviser to the Governor on Health, Dr Ekpo Ekpo as the Incident Manager.<\/p>\n

He also directed that mitigation activities by the Obudu local government area response team with support from the state team commence immediately.<\/p>\n

Ayuk said the National Reference Laboratory, Abuja, had confirmed the case, saying it was a presumptive diagnosis of Mpox or Chickenpox by the State Epidemiologist of Ebonyi.<\/p>\n

He said the sample was sent to the national reference lab and the result returned on Saturday, 24 August 2024, positive for Mpox and negative for Chickenpox.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Commissioner for Health in Cross River State, Dr Henry Egbe Ayuk has confirmed that a case of Monkeypox (M-Pox) has been confirmed in the state and that they are doing contact tracing to ascertain where she has been and how many have come in contact with her. 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