MONKEY POX SCARE: State Commissioners call for calm,students to return to school

Also, Rivers State Commissioner for Health, Professor Princewill Chike has called on the residents of the state to remain calm as there was no health official from the State Government nor from the Military that is injecting monkey pox into children in schools.

Professor Chike in a media briefing in Port Harcourt, expelled the rumor that military personnel were going round schools to inoculate such vaccine into children.

The Rivers State Commissioner for Health stressed that after going run most schools in the state, it was confirmed that the rumour had no bases as no military official was sighted in any school in the state.

Professor Chike however confirmed the outbreak of chicken pox in Okujagu, Rumuolumeni and Choba areas and urged the people to maintain good personal hygine.

Students should return to school- Commissioner for Info. and Comms.

Meanwhile, Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Emma Okah has called on the public to return their kids to school as the State Government will continue to ensure their peace and security.

Mr. Emma Okah made the call while reacting to the alleged forceful immunization of school children by some military men in the State.

 Meanwhile the State Government has ordered the arrest of anyone attempting to vaccinate any child in any school premises in the State, noting that inoculation is personal and consent of the State Government and parents must first be sought and obtained before it can be administered on any school child in a school premises.

The Commissioner for information further added that the State Government has set up a Task Force to ensure that no school is violated in the State for the purpose of imunising any child.