Dr Ojeifo Stephenson,

The Edo State Director of Public Health at the Ministry of Health, Dr Ojeifo Stephenson on Sunday revealed one Mpox outbreak has been recorded in the state, as well as eight suspected cases of Cholera.

Dr Stephenson said the state government had taken proactive measures since January to create awareness and sensitize the public on the need to report to the nearest designated health facilities, once the symptoms develop.

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“From January till date, we’ve identified 11 suspected cases in Edo State,” he said. “We got the alert anytime they see any suspected case and we mobilise our team to go in there, collect samples then we do contact tracing.

“Contacts are people that have a direct connection with that suspected case. We always follow them up for the incubation period of that virus, then we can now exit them. After those tests, eight were non-reactive while eight were reactive.”

Sunday Telegraph had earlier reported that NCDC during reporting week 34 (August 19-25) revealed that eight new confirmed cases were recorded across five states, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in 2024 to 48.

The NCDC has said children between the ages of 0-5 years old were mostly affected by the Mpox disease outbreak in the country.

Out of the 48 confirmed cases of Mpox recorded this year in Nigeria, the most affected age group is children between 0 -5 years old, according to the agency.

Mpox is said to spread easily through contact with infected persons or contaminated materials.

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