Nigeria: Monkey Pox - Army Not Dispensing Vaccines - Govt

19 October 2017

The Federal Government, yesterday, exonerated the military from allegations of vaccination and injection of monkey pox virus on citizens in the South-East and South-South regions of the country.

The Federal Government also announced at yesterday's Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, that there were 74 suspected cases of monkey pox across 11 states of the federation, stressing that the only confirmed cases were those recorded in Bayelsa State.

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