Mpox

Rivers govt confirms two cases of Monkeypox

Kehinde Joy5 months ago5 months ago02 mins

The Rivers State Government has confirmed two cases of the deadly Mpox infection in the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Adaeze Oreh, made this disclosure at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Oreh said the state had already put its Public Health Emergency Operations Centre on high alert to respond to further…

Mpox not new COVID – WHO says

Kehinde Joy5 months ago5 months ago02 mins

The World Health Organization, WHO, says the Mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, saying much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. The WHO’s European director, Hans Kluge, stated this on Tuesday, adding that while more research is needed on the Clade 1b strain which triggered the UN agency into…