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…