The Bayelsa State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ebi Etebu have confirmed ten cases of Monkey Pox disease.
Monkeypox is a viral disease that produces pox lesions on the skin and is closely related to smallpox, but is not nearly as deadly as smallpox.
According to investigations, the 10 persons, including a medical doctor confirmed to have been infected are being treated at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital.
Dr Ebi said the state government was working to ensure the disease was contained.
He said health workers in the ministry were looking for 49 other people believed to have come in close contact with the identified 10 carriers.
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