Nigeria: Monkey Pox - 3 Cases Confirmed, Others Unidentified Yet - Govt

16 October 2017

The Federal Government on Monday said only three were confirmed, of the 12 suspected cases of Monkey Pox reported in Bayelsa State.

Briefing Newsmen in Abuja, the Minister of Health, Prof Isaac Adewole said while 21 suspected cases were sent to the World Health Organisation's Senegal Dakar laboratory (e) 19 results have been received so far.

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