Tag: Monkeypox
Edo records 3 cases of Monkeypox
The Director of Public Health in the State Ministry of Health, Dr Stephenson Ojeifo, announced this in a statement on…
WHO renames Monkeypox
The monkeypox name was given in 1970, some 12 years after the virus that causes the disease was discovered in…
Nigerian Institute unveils monkeypox diagnostic kits
This, according to NIMR, is necessary if Nigeria is to catch up with the rest of the world, especially in…
NCDC confirms 481 monkeypox cases, 7 deaths
NCDC had developed a treatment regime which could entail the option of having antiviral treatment for those at the highest…
Monkeypox lands in China
The person concerned entered Chongqing city in transit from abroad and showed symptoms such as a skin rash during their…
Ogun confirms 4 monkeypox cases
Coker stated that two cases were discovered in Ota, within Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, while Abeokuta North and Abeokuta South…
Monkeypox infected Nigerian to be charged, jailed, deported from Cambodia
Keo Vannthan, the Cambodian Immigration Department spokesman, said the 27-year-old would be charged with illegal entry and also violating disease…
NCDC records 157 monkeypox cases, 4 deaths
According to the report, four deaths were recorded in 4 states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1), and Akwa…
Panic as raging Monkeypox forces US to declare state of emergency
The US has recorded over 6,600 cases of the virus, which cause fever, aches, and bumps or sores on the…
Spain reports first monkeypox-related death
Spain reported its first monkeypox-related death on Friday, in what is thought to be Europe's first death from the disease…
Philippines detects first monkeypox case
The health department advised the public to avoid sexual contact with suspected monkeypox cases, especially those with rashes and open…
British agencies to develop standard monkeypox tools
The global impact of monkeypox requires the exploration of whether existing countermeasures, like currently stockpiled vaccines, will be enough to…
WHO declares monkeypox global health emergency
So far this year, there have been more than 16,000 cases of monkeypox in more than 75 countries, and five…
Monkeypox spreads to South Carolina, the 35th state
California leads the country with 136 cases while New York has logged 131 cases as of Friday, according to the…
Anambra confirms first case of monkeypox
A few weeks ago, two suspected cases of monkeypox were reported in Anambra East, Onitsha and Oyi Local Government Areas…
Monkeypox cases in UK hit 574
According to the UKHSA, there are currently 550 confirmed cases in England, 16 in Scotland, 2 in Northern Ireland and…
WHO set to rename monkeypox, releases vaccination guidelines
At the press conference, WHO Smallpox expert, Dr Rosamund Lewis, said it was crucial to raise awareness in the population…
Brazil confirms first monkeypox case as Nigeria logs another 10, one death
The disclosure comes as the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 10 additional Monkeypox cases and one death in…
U.S. raises monkeypox alert level, recommends masks for travellers
The incubation period between exposure and when symptoms first appear can be anywhere from five to 21 days, according to…
No laboratory for generating monkeypox in Nigeria – NCDC
Nigeria said it welcomes scientific cooperation with all foreign countries, and has received material support from the United Kingdom, Germany,…
Monkeypox: U.S govt. denies operating ‘controlled labs’ in Nigeria
According to the statement, reports that the origin of the current global outbreak of monkeypox disease emanated from U.S.-controlled laboratories…
UK reports 71 new cases of monkeypox
It brings the UK total to 179 since the first was detected on May 6, with the figure soaring 69…
Monkeypox: Nigeria reports six cases, one death
The centre said that Nigeria’s risk of exposure to the Monkeypox virus was high based on the recent risk assessment…
U.S. CDC publishes guidelines on monkeypox vaccine
CDC officials earlier this week said they were in the process of releasing some doses of the Jynneos vaccine for…
Argentina confirms cases of monkeypox
Around 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of the viral disease, with more than 200 confirmed…
Monkeypox cases spread in UK, common with gays, bisexuals
Nineteen countries across the world – mainly in Europe – have now detected the smallpox-like virus over the past three…
More monkeypox cases found in Canada’s Quebec Province
Canada confirmed its first two cases of monkeypox last week after authorities in Quebec said they were investigating 17 suspected…
3rd possible case of monkeypox found in the U.S.
The case in Broward County, Florida, is "related to international travel," the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and the Florida…
France reports first case of monkeypox
France’s Health Ministry confirmed the case after a PCR test was done on the patient on Thursday, French news channel…
Europe, U.S. panic over spread of monkeypox
The outbreaks are raising alarm because the disease mostly occurs in west and central Africa, and only very occasionally spreads…