The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox in the country has increased to 481, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. This is even as the suspected cases stand at 1,180. The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa…
Monkeypox: Nigeria’s death toll highest in Africa – WHO
Nigeria has the highest death toll and confirmed cases of monkeypox in Africa, the World Health Organisation said. WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, disclosed this on Thursday during a virtual press briefing tagged, ‘Road to defeating Meningitis…
Monkeypox cases show decline worldwide, says WHO
The number of newly reported monkeypox cases has decreased worldwide, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the world health body, in the week from August 15 to 21, there were 21 per cent fewer cases than in…
Monkeypox vaccine not ‘a silver bullet’, WHO says, as breakthrough cases emerge
As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests there are breakthrough cases occurring, officials said Wednesday. “We have known from the beginning that…
Monkeypox Outbreak: Ebonyi confirms 1 case
The Ebonyi State Government has confirmed the outbreak of monkeypox disease in the state. Ebonyi Commissioner of Health, Dr Daniel Umezurike made the confirmation in Abakaliki on Tuesday while handing down the true position of the outbreak. Dr Umezurike disclosed…
Monkeypox: Nigerian tests positive in India
A Nigerian man has tested positive for monkeypox in Delhi, the Indian capital. His case brought the total number of infected people in the Asian country to six. According to Indian officials, the 35-year-old is a Delhi resident and has…
*Patient tests positive to Monkeypox at LASUTH (Vanguard)*Lagos median rent hits new high of N900k (Punch)
Patient tests positive to Monkeypox at LASUTH (Vanguard) A 40-year-old patient on admission at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, has tested positive to the Monkeypox virus even as the hospital has shut down its orthopaedics unit. The unnamed…
*Girl captured in viral sex video with dog dies of Infection (Independent)*Lagos, Adamawa lead as NCDC confirms 15 monkeypox cases (Punch)
Girl captured in viral sex video with dog dies of Infection (Independent) The young lady in the viral video having sex with a dog in the Lekki area of Lagos has reportedly died. Daily Independentonline learned that the lady simply…
Monkeypox found the UK for the first time (DailyMail)
Health officials Saturday night trying to avert an outbreak of a potentially deadly African virus related to smallpox after the first person ever was diagnosed with monkeypox in the UK. They said a Nigerian individual who flew into the UK…