Fear has grab the attention of Bayelsa State dwellers as a strange and deadly virus known as “monkeypox” has broken out in the state. Not less than 10 people and a medical doctor have been isolated and secluded at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital Okolobiri in Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State after contracting a viral contamination which is suspected to be monkeypox.
The isolation center was reportedly created by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and the epidemiological team of the state’s Ministry of Health to contain the spread of monkeypox. It was also gathered that the NCDC and the ministry of health team are tracing 49 people who where in contact with the diseased victim.
According to the Commissioner for Health, Ebitimitula Etebu confirmed the development on Wednesday in a press conference saying "samples have been sent the World Health Organisation's in Senegal for Confirmation".
The commissioner for health further stated that the rashes are usually frightening and spread to every part of the body.
“We observed the first index case from Agbura, where somebody was purported to have killed and eaten a monkey and after that, the neighbors and families started developing the rashes.
“We have seen cases from as far as Biseni. We invited the NCDC together with our own epidemiological team from the Bayelsa Ministry of Health.
“We have been able to trace most of the people who have come in contact with the patients.
“So far, we have 10 patients and we have created an isolation centre at the NDUTH and most of them are on admission and we are following up the 49 cases that we are suspecting might come down with the illness.
The isolation center was reportedly created by the Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC) and the epidemiological team of the state’s Ministry of Health to contain the spread of monkeypox. It was also gathered that the NCDC and the ministry of health team are tracing 49 people who where in contact with the diseased victim.
According to the Commissioner for Health, Ebitimitula Etebu confirmed the development on Wednesday in a press conference saying "samples have been sent the World Health Organisation's in Senegal for Confirmation".
The commissioner for health further stated that the rashes are usually frightening and spread to every part of the body.
“We observed the first index case from Agbura, where somebody was purported to have killed and eaten a monkey and after that, the neighbors and families started developing the rashes.
“We have seen cases from as far as Biseni. We invited the NCDC together with our own epidemiological team from the Bayelsa Ministry of Health.
“We have been able to trace most of the people who have come in contact with the patients.
“So far, we have 10 patients and we have created an isolation centre at the NDUTH and most of them are on admission and we are following up the 49 cases that we are suspecting might come down with the illness.
