First suspected Monkey pox case recorded in Osun communities

By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo

Osun state on Monday recorded its first suspected cases of Monkeypox. The first suspected case was discovered in Iperindo, Atakumosa East Local Government of the State.

However, another suspected case was also recorded in Osogbo, Osun State capital.

It was gathered that a 14-year old boy  with a symptom of the disease was brought to the General Hospital, Asubiaro, Osogbo, around 12pm on Monday.

The boy’s body it was observed was full of rashes and shores.

He was admitted to the first office by the left at the Trauma session of the hospital where medical experts attended to him.

The medical experts were kitted in disease preventive personal protective equipment while attending to the patient.

Personnel from Disease Surveillance Notification Unit were part of the team.

It was noted that blood sample was taken from the boy for test.

“We cannot be too sure that what we are treating is monkeypox until the result of the test is out. But with the symptom we are seeing, it is likely to be monkeypox,” said a medical expert who was part of the team that treated the boy.

The result of the test, it was learnt will be out on Thursday.

But the Commissioner for Health, Isamotu said he was not aware of the new case.

He, however, said though, all the symptoms depict monkeypox disease but, could not be confirmed as the results are yet to be out.

The case  remained a suspected case until the result confirmed that it is actually monkeypox, as I’m talking to you we are still at the lab,” the Commissioner said.