According to Zubaida Umar, Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA): “In a swift response to the alert of a suspected Monkey Pox case at one of the IDP Camps in Maiduguri, raised by a netizen, @Yadomah, NEMA medical team, supported by staff of USAID and WHO, has attended to the patient.
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| USAID staff, NEMA medical team attend to a patient with suspected case of Monkeypox at IDP Camp in Maiduguri, Borno State. Photo: @TheZubaidaUmar |
“According to preliminary assessment, the mother, when asked, stated that the child has been down with rashes for two weeks and none of her siblings has such symptoms. The Borno Local Government Disease Surveillance team has taken her blood sample for further examination while she continues to receive medical attention. We have, however, escalated the case to appropriate health authorities, including NCDC.
We have directed the strict compliance of all prevention measures against the spread of the infectious disease across all our camps, including practice of proper, regular handwashing, and disinfection of the surroundings.”
