The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has registered 59 suspected cases of Monkeypox in Nigeria. NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, on Tuesday said it has also confirmed 15 cases of the disease. Ihekweazu was reacting to the Dallas, Texas resident who recently returned from Nigeria and tested positive for the disease. Laboratory tests confirmed […]
At the height of the Ebola outbreak in 2014, hand washing became a regular routine among Nigerians. Infact, it came to light that some people, inspite of their education and financial status, got to know about hand sanitizers for the first time. But it was observed that after Ebola was contained, the exercise relaxed until […]
*Dispels rumour of military involvement in vaccination Mathew Dadiya, Abuja The Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole, has disclosed that the Monkeypox virus outbreak has spread to 11 states with 74 suspected cases recorded. Adewole made the disclosure on Wednesday when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting of the Federal […]
A monkeypox victim on admission at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (UNDTH), Okolobiri, Bayelsa State has committed suicide. It is now understood that the unnamed victim hung himself in the early hours of Monday. Speaking on the development at a joint press conference by the state information and health commissioners, Daniel Iworiso-Markson and Prof. […]
Seven out of the 13 monkey pox patients on admission at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri in Bayelsa have fully recovered, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Daniel Iworiso-Markson, has said. A patient of Monkey Pox The commissioner said in a statement on Wednesday in Yenagoa, that the seven patients had been discharged […]
The National Centre for Disease Control, Abuja, has said that 31 cases of suspected monkeypox virus cases have been recorded in seven states. Like a wildfire, the monkeypox virus is spreading across the country. 31 suspected cases of the viral disease has now been recorded in seven states. The affected states are Ekiti, Akwa Ibom, […]