Monkey pox: NYSC member in Benue confined at BSUTH

By Daniel Agbo

Makurdi

A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in Benue State suspected to be infected with Monkey pox (name withheld) has been confined at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH).
The state Commissioner for Health and Human Service, Mrs. Cecilia Ojabo, who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday in Makurdi said the corps member was suspected to have contracted the disease after having sex with a girl from Gboko who was earlier diagnosed positive to monkey pox.
According to her, the corps member who was posted to do his primary assignment in the place has also confessed to having sex with the girl.
“When we leant of the case of the monkey pox in Gboko, we swiftly moved and confirmed the lady at BSUTH infections unit, and the blood sample from her was sent to Senegal. Few weeks ago, the result came back positive.
“The girl told us that she got the disease from a driver who spent a night with her but when we called him the man denied visiting Benue.
“However, there is another case of a corps member serving in Gboko, who also had an affair with her, both of them are now confined at the teaching hospital and will remain there until we are sure they are properly healed,” she noted.
She said the third case of monkey pox in the state was reported of a boy schooling in Taraba, who came home to Katsina Ala, with symptoms of the disease, but vanished when a medical team was dispatched to the place to verify his case.
Dr. Ojabo said when the parents of the boy with a suspected case were contacted, they also feigned ignorance of their child’s where abouts.
She advised members of the public to report any suspected case of the disease in their localities and maintain good hygiene to avoid infections.

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