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Home»News»“MONKEYPOX” VIRUS: BAYELSA RESIDENTS AVOID HANDSHAKES IN PUBLIC PLACES
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“MONKEYPOX” VIRUS: BAYELSA RESIDENTS AVOID HANDSHAKES IN PUBLIC PLACES

ACNNTVBy ACNNTVOctober 17, 2017No Comments3 Mins Read
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Residents of Yenagoa, Bayelsa capital, are avoiding handshakes and body contact in public places following the outbreak of monkeypox viral diseases which has infected 13 people including a medical doctor.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the development followed an advise by the Commissioner for Health, Ebitimitula Etebu, to members of the public to wash hands frequently and maintain a higher level of personal hygiene to curtail the spread of the disease.

Mr. Etebu had allayed fears of possible epidemic of the contagious viral disease, assuring that the state government was on top of the situation.

He disclosed that 13 persons, including a medical doctor, had been quarantined at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri, in Yenagoa Local Government Area.

He explained that “as the name implies, the virus was first seen in monkeys but can also be found in all bush animals such as rats, squirrels and antelopes, hence our surveillance on edible animals has to be heightened.

“The source is usually animals. Secretions from particularly dead animals are highly contagious, so also the fluids from infected persons.”

The commissioner recalled that the first index case came from Agbura in Yenagoa where somebody was purported to have killed and ate monkey meat and started developing rashes.

NAN reports that many people at public functions on Thursday and Friday in Yenagoa kept their distances as well as avoided handshakes and hugs that characterised exchange of pleasantries at social functions.

Some people who spoke to NAN Correspondent on the sideline of Thursday’s World Teachers Day celebration in Yenagoa said the precautionary measure was justified due to the anxiety created by the news of the dreaded disease on social media.

“This issue of avoiding handshakes reminds one of the days of Ebola, which compelled everyone to heighten personal hygiene. Government even provided wash hand basins and hand sanitisers at public places, but where are those things today?

“That is how we are as a people; the Ebola outbreak did not teach us anything. So we are just avoiding each other like plague but what can we do?

“It is based on advice that we should wash hands frequently; and if my hand is clean, I would endanger myself by shaking hands with someone with unwashed hands,” Timi James said.

Residents across the state capital have been circulating text messages on social media networks urging people to abstain from shaking hands due to outbreak of the disease.

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