Etim Ekpimah, Uyo
The Akwa Ibom State government has cautioned its natives against handshakes and embracing to remain safe from monkeypox.
An announcement marked by the Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr. Charles Udoh, in Uyo on Saturday affirmed one instance of monkeypox in the state. He included that two different cases were being explored.
“Akwa Ibom State has recorded one affirmed instance of monkeypox while two different cases are still under scrutiny.
“Monkeypox as of now has no treatment and no immunization. It would appear that Smallpox however the rashes are bigger while the illness is milder.
“The time of maintaining a strategic distance from unnecessary handshake, standard hand washing and restraint from bushmeat is here once more,” he said.
The magistrate guaranteed that the state government will give more data to subjects along these lines.
A few people in the state have approached the state government to participate in a forceful mindfulness crusade to illuminate individuals from the general population on the best way to remain safe from the pestilence.
An open reporter, Daniel Etokidem, said open illumination on the pestilence ought to incorporate how to deal with cases related with the sickness, methods for aversion and not simply on the unimportant nearness of the scourge.
As indicated by him, the edification must be done in a way that does not make freeze that may intensify the circumstance.