Mpox: Benue investigates suspected cases in Konshisha LG
According to the Commissioner, the Director of Public Health was instructed to work with the State Epidemiologist, who promptly deployed the Disease Surveillance and Notification Officer (DSNO) for Konshisha LGA to the affected community to conduct an on-the-ground assessment, investigate the suspected cases and collect clinical samples for laboratory analysis.
By Peter Duru The Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services has launched an investigation into reports of a suspected Mpox outbreak in Korinya, Konshisha Local Government Area, LGA, following a distress call by residents who appealed for urgent government and international intervention over an unidentified skin disease affecting several people in their community.
The community appealed to the World Health Organization (WHO), the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), the Federal Ministry of Health, the Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services, the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (BSEMA), UNICEF, the Nigerian Red Cross and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to urgently deploy medical personnel to investigate the cases.
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