The Benue State Government has officially stated that there are no cases of Mpox in the state.
Dr. Paul Ogwuche, the State Commissioner for Health and Human Resources, made this announcement in a statement released on Monday and shared with news reporters in Makurdi.
Last Friday, Dr. Ogwuche mentioned that the ministry was investigating a suspected case of Mpox reported in the Korinya community of Konshisha LGA.
However, in his Monday statement, the Commissioner indicated that the case had been thoroughly investigated by the Ministry’s Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, the State Epidemiology Unit, and the Disease Surveillance and Notification System.
According to him, “the Benue State Ministry of Health and Human Services wishes to state that, based on the findings available at this time, there is no evidence of an Mpox outbreak in Korinya
Community, Konshisha LGA.
The Commissioner explained that investigators identified two adults in Korinya community who had
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