The National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Akwa Ibom State has initiated a sensitization campaign across local government areas to raise awareness about Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), a recently emerged respiratory virus. The agency emphasizes preventive measures such as wearing nose masks, especially in crowded places, practicing good hand hygiene, avoiding contact with sick individuals, and ensuring vaccinations against other respiratory diseases like influenza and COVID-19.
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, Akwa Ibom State , has begun sensitisation across the local government areas of the state against Human Metapneumovirus, HMPV , a respiratory virus that recently emerged. The agency emphasised that citizens should always wear nose masks, especially in crowded places, to avoid contracting or transmitting the virus.
He outlined the symptoms to include cough, fever, nasal congestion, sore throat, shortness of breath, wheezing , pneumonia in children, and the worsening of chronic conditions like asthma in adults. While urging people to avoid direct contact with contaminated surfaces, Mkpoutom noted that the virus can be transmitted through respiratory droplets from coughing or sneezing.
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