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The Minister of Health Isaac Adewole has said that four suspected cases of MonkeyPox from Lagos State have been tested and confirmed negative.
Adewole said, eight other states have been reported with 48 suspected cases. Four samples from Lagos tested negative, samples from other States are also being tested.
“There is no confirmation of MonkeyPox in any other parts of Nigeria. Most of these cases are likely to be ruled out, just as in Lagos”
According to the minister, As of October 13, 2017, there were 17 suspected cases reported from Yenagoa LGA in Bayelsa State.
“We have received laboratory confirmation for Monkeypox virus from three of these cases from the World Health Organisation Regional Laboratory in Dakar, Senegal. Samples from 12 other cases from Bayelsa were negative.
“We expect that many of these cases being reported from other states in Nigeria are not caused by the Monkeypox virus, but we will continue to investigate all those cases that fit the case definition.
However, the minister said that the MonkeyPox outbreak has nothing to do with vaccination. “The virus is not transmitted in any way by injections”.
The Minister of Health Isaac Adewole convening a press briefing today at Abuja, to provide an update on suspected cases of MonkeyPox said that four cases from Lagos State have been tested and confirmed negative.
Adewole said, eight other States have been reported with 48 suspected cases. Four samples from Lagos tested negative, Samples from other States are also being tested.
“There is no confirmation of MonkeyPox in any other part of Nigeria. Most of these cases are likely to be ruled out, just as in Lagos”
According to the minister, As of October 13, 2017, there were 17 SUSPECTED cases reported from Yenagoa LGA in Bayelsa State.
“We have received laboratory confirmation for Monkeypox virus from three of these cases from the World Health Organisation Regional Laboratory in Dakar, Senegal. Samples from 12 other cases from Bayelsa were negative.
“We expect that many of these cases being reported from other states in Nigeria are not caused by the Monkeypox virus, but we will continue to investigate all those cases that fit the case definition.
However, the minister said that the MonkeyPox outbreak has nothing to do with vaccination. “The virus is not transmitted in any way by injections”.
“It is important that the media supports education of people on MonkeyPox rather than creating panic and stigmatising the disease” Adewole said.
“It is important that the media supports education of people on MonkeyPox rather than creating panic and stigmatising the disease” Adewole said.
