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A community in Delta state has accused the state government of a sinister plan to wipe out its inhabitants by attempting to effect the transfer of a suspected monkey pox patient to a health facility in the community.
The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Nicholas Azinge who disclosed this yesterday in Asaba said there is already tension in the community as the indigenes have vowed not to accept the patient, who is a native of the town.
In fact Azinge who refused to disclose the name of the community explained that a letter from the community development union, accused the state government of a sinister plan of wiping out the locals by transferring the suspected monkey pox case victim to the area.
“We are already having problems from communities. I got a letter from one of the communities in Delta central that I brought monkey pox to kill them.
“I can understand their apprehension, the disease may not kill but the physical appearance of the patient is very scary. Even doctors are scared to administer treatment on suspected cases.
“But we have been to the community to see the suspected monkey pox patient, and he is doing well. Those of us who went to see the patient are doing well, we don’t have any rash,” he said.
Azinge explained that monkey pox is a self limiting disease, urging residents not be worried as the death rate as a result of monkey pox disease is much lower than that of Lassa Fever and Ebola.
He said only three suspected cases have so far been reported in the state which include a single man and a couple, noting that the samples of the suspected cases have been taken to Dakar, Senegal for laboratory analysis.
Azinge added that the suspected cases were under close observation and were responding positively to treatment, and that it is only the result from the laboratory analysis, which is being expected, that can confirm if the patients actually contracted the disease.
“What we are treating is a high level of suspicion. There are stages of the disease and we treat these stages of manifestation of symptoms. The disease can only be determined when we get the result of the analysis from Dakar. The samples have been sent,” Azinge stressed.