Kano records first monkey pox case, patient flees from hospital

Kano has recorded it’s first Monkey Pox case at Tiga General Hospital in Bebeji Local Government Area of the State. However the patient from Nasarawan Kuki village, reportedly fled from the hospital on Wednesdaynight after being diagnosed of the disease.

Daily Nigerian reports that a source who pleaded anonymity said;


“He was quarantined here in order to avoid spreading disease, but he absconded from the hospital last night.


“We informed the authorities but no one made any effort to trace the whereabouts of the patient to avoid spreading the disease in Kano.”