Dr Kunden Deyin, the state Commissioner for Health, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Jos that the first case recorded was imported from Port-Harcourt, as the victim came in from Rivers for treatment.
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According to the commissioner, the infected victim eventually infected his brother and both of them were treated at the Bingham University Teaching Hospital in Jos and discharged.
Deyin said that the state’s Epidemiology and Surveillance unit of the ministry are still monitoring the contacts to curtail the spread of the disease.
The commissioner said that the symptoms of monkeypox were similar to that of chickenpox but more severe. ‎
He said that the disease is primarily transmitted from animal to man while the secondary source of transmission is through human to human contact. ‎‎
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Deyin warned that people who kill, touch or cook bush animals, such as rats, squirrels and monkeys were at risk of contracting the disease as they serve as reservoirs of the virus.
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He cautioned the public to desist from indulging in such acts.
