monkeypox

Monkeypox is to be renamed mpox, the World Health Organization announced Monday, in a bid to avoid stigmatisation stemming from the existing name. Monkeypox received its name because the virus was originally identified in monkeys kept…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported 21 more cases of monkeypox in the country within the past seven days. This was announced via the public health agency’s official website on Sunday. The agency also reported…

The World Health Organisation, on Thursday, said Nigeria currently has the highest monkey pox death toll and confirmed cases in Africa. The organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, disclosed this during a virtual…

The Kano State Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aminu Tsanyawa, has said that the state government plans to increase the ministry’s 2023 budgetary allocation to tackle monkeypox and other deadly emerging diseases across the state. The…

The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, said the Monkeypox cases in the country had risen to 220. Dr. Adetifa made this known at the ministerial press briefing on COVID-19 and developments in…

The Ogun State government has confirmed four new cases of monkeypox, bringing the total cases recorded in the state to seven. Health commissioner Tomi Coker confirmed the development in a statement on Friday in Abeokuta. Ms Coker…

The Bayelsa State Government has revealed that 13 persons have tested positive for monkeypox in the state. Director of Public Health in the state Ministry of Health, Dr Jones Stow, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the confirmed cases…

A Professor of Virology, Sunday Omilabu, says people above 60 years of age are immune to the raging monkeypox virus because they have been vaccinated against smallpox in the past. “People above 60 years are lucky because they got a shot…

The United States has declared a state of public health emergency over the monkeypox outbreak. The announcement came during a briefing with the Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday. The declaration comes a month after…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 133 cases of monkeypox in 26 states. The NCDC disclosed this in its latest monkeypox situation report released on Thursday. Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease…