Tag: Monkeypox
UNILORIN lecturer appointed research team member on Monkeypox
The Nigerian Institute of Medical Research on Monkeypox has appointed a lecturer at the Department of Veterinary Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of...
NCDC confirms 481 Monkeypox cases, 7 deaths
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 481 cases and seven deaths from Monkeypox in the country, bringing the total cases to...
WHO declares Monkeypox global health emergency
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the Monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries an emergency of international concern.
“Although I am declaring a...
COVID-19: Nigeria records 880 fresh infections as NCDC warns citizens
The Nigeria Centre for Disease and Prevention Control (NCDC) has raised alarm over 880 additional coronavirus infections reported in Nigeria from July 2 to...
Nigeria’s Monkeypox cases hit 141
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says 141 suspected cases of Monkeypox have been reported in the country, up from the previous 110...
CITAD calls for measures to tackle Monkeypox
The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on stakeholders to deploy proactive observatory measures in tackling Monkeypox virus outbreak recently confirmed...
NCDC: Nigeria has no laboratory where Monkeypox is generated
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has dismissed the report that Nigeria has laboratories where Monkeypox virus is generated.
The NCDC made the clarification...
NCDC reports 21 Monkeypox cases, one death
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), in its latest report on Monkeypox, said the country has recorded 21 cases in 2022.
The NCDC said...
Monkeypox spreads as France, Germany, Belgium report first cases
France, Belgium, and Germany on Friday reported their first cases of monkeypox, joining several other European and North American nations in detecting the disease,...
WHO raises the alarm as monkeypox spreads to Italy, Sweden
Italy and Sweden became the latest countries on Thursday to report cases of the rare disease, monkeypox, with Britain, Spain, Portugal and the United...