Monkeypox: Nigerian government denies vaccination in South-East

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The Federal Government has denied executing vaccination against Monkeypox in the South-Eastern or any part of Nigeria. There were reports that some persons were in Anambra to inject children with vaccines as had allegedly been done in Bayelsa State with the hope of infecting them with the monkey pox disease.

The National Coordinator of National Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekwazu, while appearing before the Senate Committee on Primary Health and Communicable Diseases in Abuja on Thursday, stated that the disease had no vaccine and the government was not conducting any immunisation on it, neither through civilian or military organisation.

Recall that the House of Representatives on Tuesday has ordered the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to appear before it over the outbreak of Monkey Pox in the country.