In Adamawa State, five cases of monkeypox have been confirmed, with 57 others being investigated.
As of June 12, the state Ministry of Health said it had laboratory-confirmed cases of the five.
The first case was reported in April in Yola, the state capital, according to the Director of Public Health, Dr. Celine La’ori.
She said that the virus has spread over the two metropolitan local government areas of Yola North and Yola South to this point.
La’ori stated that an emergency operation center had been established to combat the disease’s spread.“It was the first time of having such an outbreak in the state, thus workers were trained by our partners. We also embarked on sensitization exercise to the affected areas,” she said.
She warned that monkeypox is highly contagious and infected persons should be isolated and proper hygiene maintained.
La’ori said the symptoms include fever, accompanied by rashes that look like chicken pox.
“When you have such rashes, rush to the emergency operation center for proper diagnosis,” she advised.
Laori complained of a poor knowledge gap about the virus and called for proper sensitization among the people.