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Global Health Experts Rename Monkeypox

Web News 28 November 2022 316 0

Monkeypox will now be known as mpox, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced, after complaints over racist and stigmatizing language linked to the virus’s name. The old term will be used alongside the new one for a year, before being phased out. Mpox was decided on after lengthy Continue Reading

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Monkeypox: Veterinarian Advises Nigerians Against Close Contact With Carrier Animals

Web News 16 September 2022 420 0

Nigerians have been urged to desist from having direct contact with animals that are carriers of monkey pox to stem the spread of the disease. A veterinarian with Ekiti State veterinary hospital, Dr Ayosunkami Ogunrinde gave the advice in an exclusive interview with Radio Nigeria in Ado-Ekiti. Dr Ogunrinde said human-being could contract monkeypox by […]Continue Reading

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Monkey Pox Cases Hits 277 Across 30 States

Web News 13 September 2022 278 0

Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country has increased to 277. This is even as the suspected cases stand at 704 from January 1 to August 28, 2022. The report also showed that six deaths had been recorded so far in six states in the country. […]Continue Reading

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Suspected Cases of Monkeypox Recorded in Osun

Web News 16 August 2022 430 0

Osun State has recorded the first suspected case of Monkeypox.  The first suspected case was discovered in Iperindo, Atakumosa East Local Government of the State. However, in Osogbo, Osun State capital, another suspected case was also recorded.  It was gathered that a 14-year-old boy with a symptom of the disease was brought to the General […]Continue Reading

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Monkeypox outbreak now in 50 Countries – WHO

Web News 24 July 2022 342 0

The World Health Organisation has declared the monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries as a global health emergency. The global health organisation noted that it activated its highest alert level for the growing monkeypox outbreak, making the virus a public health emergency of international concern. Monkeypox, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control is Continue Reading

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12 African countries Report 1,782 Monkeypox Cases

Web News 2 July 2022 451 0

Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Friday disclosed that 12 African countries have so far reported 1,782 cases of monkeypox. Acting Director of Africa CDC, Ahmed Ogwell, during a weekly briefing, said out of the 1,782 cases of monkeypox that had been reported in Africa, some 1,678 of them were suspected cases […]Continue Reading

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NCDC Confirms 62 Cases of Monkeypox in 19 States

Web News 28 June 2022 334 0

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control says,62 cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in the country. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest monkeypox situation report released on Tuesday. The World Health Organisation says monkeypox is a viral zoonosis, a virus transmitted to humans from animals, with symptoms very similar to those seen in the […]Continue Reading

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Monkey Pox: Desist from bush meat consumption- FG Tells Nigerians

Web News 1 June 2022 804 0

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, on Tuesday, warned Nigerians to desist from consuming bush meat including rodents and others, following official confirmation of Monkey pox in Nigeria by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, gave the warning in a statement signed by […]Continue Reading

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Monkeypox: NCDC Confirms 66 Suspected Cases, One Death

Web News 29 May 2022 1069 0

The monkeypox situation report released on Sunday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control revealed that no fewer than 66 suspected cases of monkeypox disease have been reported in Nigeria. The agency also noted that while 21 had been confirmed, only a single death had been reported. Report says, monkeypox is a rare disease caused […]Continue Reading

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Monkeypox virus outbreaks are containable – WHO

Web News 23 May 2022 427 0

The World Health Organization, WHO, says Monkeypox can be contained in countries outside of Africa where the virus is not usually detected. More than 100 cases of the virus – which causes a rash and a fever – have been confirmed in Europe, the Americas and Australia. That number is expected to rise still, but […]Continue Reading

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Lagos, Adamawa lead as NCDC confirms 15 Monkeypox Cases

Web News 11 May 2022 1875 0

Lagos and Adamawa states have the highest figures of three each as Nigeria recorded 15 confirmed cases of monkeypox in seven states between January 1 and April 30, 2022. The confirmed cases were from the 46 suspected cases recorded during the period. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control disclosed this in its latest Monkeypox situation […]Continue Reading