The Rivers State government on Tuesday recorded two cases of the Mpox virus in the state.

The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Mrs Adaeze Oreh, disclosed this to journalists in Port Harcourt

She, however, assured that the Ministry of Health has put in place machineries to combat Mpox as the State Public Health Emergency Operations Centre is now on high alert to respond to any emergency.

She explained further that “Mpox a viral disease the infected patient can present various symptoms like fever, general weakness and back pain. For some people who may contract it, their body immune system may clear it. But there are some other people who may end up with severe symptoms, especially those people who are immune compromised”.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, in its latest update indicated that there’s a decline in the number of suspected and confirmed Mpox cases in the country over the past four weeks.