Cross River State epidemiologist, Inyang Ekpenyong has announced that two cases of M-Pox have been confirmed, this time in the Calabar Municipality area of the state.
The official said the Case Management Team has evacuated the patients to an isolation centre.
In a statement, the epidemiologist said, “State/LGA RRT have commenced contact tracing, listing, and monitoring.”
She emphasised that ‘financial resources’ are urgently needed for response activities.
Four days ago, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announced total figures of 56 Mpox cases in the country with Cross River having five.
2 Mpox cases evacuated to isolation centre in Cross River – State govt
