The Katsina State of Nigeria stated that it has confirmed the first patient with Monkeypox disease and has treated the patient well. The patient has also been discharged.
The Commissioner of State for Health, Yakubu Danja, confirmed this during the distribution of medicare as well as free medicines to the 34 Local Government Areas of the state in Katsina.
As per him, free medicine along with medicare would be provided to call centres around the state to deal with the disease as well as cholera and several other rain-related diseases.
Moreover, he disclosed that the state has around 15 suspected cases of Monkeypox virus, whose samples have been sent to Abuja and are sent to Abuja, whose results will be revealed soon.
The Executive Secretary of the Agency, Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya, stated that the distribution of medicare in the state is to be readily fierce against any unexpected circumstances, particularly with the setting in of the rainy season, stating that the Call Centre will serve as a mechanism to report suspected deaths or diseases.
Yahaya also said that it would increase the ability to detect, prevent as well as respond to disease outbreaks or other incidents of public health importance.
Furthermore, the World Health Organisation on Tuesday, July 5, stated that the world is witnessing a surge in cases of Monkeypox, 85% of which are in Europe.
Although the world has started witnessing the outbreak of Monkeypox in recent months, Nigeria has been seeing it since 2017, with more than 200 confirmed cases and 500 suspected till now. In Central Africa, the Monkeypox that has infected individuals is more contagious, with a death rate of around 10%.
Monkeypox is endemic in 10 nations in West and Central Africa, with several cases found this year in Cameroon, Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR).
Moreover, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has witnessed the highest number of infections found this year, around 1284.
