The Ministry of Health of the State of EDO confirmed on Friday the outbreak of dengue fever in the state.
The Ministry revealed that 86 cases had been reported in several areas of the local government.
However, revealing at a press conference, the Health Commissioner, Dr. Cyril Oshiomhole, said that the Governor's administration on Monday Okpebholo remained completely committed to protecting the health of residents and would continue to work until the outbreaks are under control.
Oshiomhole added that, as part of the efforts to combat the outbreak of dengue fever, the director, public health, Dr. Stephenson Ojiefoh, had been appointed incident manager to lead the answer.
“The emergency operating center has also been activated, and the ministry is implementing a state response plan. This includes surveillance, case management, vector control and environmental sanitation in all affected areas,” Oshiomhole said.
He urged all health workers throughout the state to be on a maximum alert and inform any suspicious case immediately.
The commissioner said that dengue fever is caused by a virus transmitted through the bite of Aedes mosquitoes, particularly Aedes Aegypti.
The disease, he said, spreads rapidly, especially in areas with little sanitation and stagnant water, which provide reproduction shoes for mosquitoes.
To avoid propagation, he advised the state residents to “keep their surroundings clean, cover water containers, use mosquito networks, apply insect repellent and destroy mosquito playback sites.”
In addition to dengue fever, the commissioner also gave updates on other situations of diseases in the state.
He said that Lassa's fever had registered 137 confirmed cases with 24 deaths, yellow fever had two confirmed cases with a death, Monkeypox (Npox) had eight confirmed cases without deaths and the diphtheria had eight confirmed cases with three deaths.
Present in the informative session were representatives of the Nigeria Disease Control Center (NCDC), the State Disease Surveillance Team, the Ministry of Health Directors, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and other key interested parties.
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