Ebonyi government confirms outbreak of monkeypox

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The Ebonyi State Government has confirmed the outbreak of monkeypox disease in the state.

Ebonyi Commissioner of health, Dr Daniel Umezurike, made the confirmation in Abakaliki on Tuesday while handing down the true position of the outbreak.

Dr Umezurike disclosed that a 32-year-old male farmer, who hails from Ugwulangwu in Ohaozara Local Government Area and a resident of Abakaliki, was said to have travelled to Rivers State, and returned to Ebonyi on the 7th of July, 2022. Upon examination, he was found to have developed fever, maculopapular rash, sore throat, headache and generalized weakness of the body following which a presumptive diagnosis of monkeypox was made.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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