Administrators FlyJ Posted October 5, 2017 Administrators Share Posted October 5, 2017 The Federal Ministry of Health has advised Nigerians to desist from eating monkeys, bush meat and dead animals as doing so could make one susceptible to the Monkeypox Disease. The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, said this in a statement signed by the Director, Media and Public Relations at the ministry, Mrs. Boade Akinola, on Thursday. Adewole said the disease neither had a cure nor a vaccine. He, however, said there was no cause for alarm as it was mild. The statement read in part, “He said that the virus was mild and there was no known treatment and no preventive vaccines hence the public should be at alert and avoid crowded places as much as possible “He advised the public to avoid eating dead animals, bush meat and particularly bush monkeys.” The minister also revealed that test samples had been sent to the World Health Organisation in Senegal but the result was not yet out. The statement added, “Prof. Adewole said although Monkeypox could not be confirmed until laboratory investigations by WHO referral laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, he noted that Monkeypox was milder and had no record of mortality. “The symptoms include headache, fever, back pains and in advanced cases, rashes bigger than those caused by chicken pox. He said the disease was a viral illness by a group of viruses that included chickenpox and smallpox. “Investigation is still ongoing and our partners are working with us on this reported outbreak’ while the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control team in Bayelsa State would give support,” the statement said. Source 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators kimi Posted October 5, 2017 Moderators Share Posted October 5, 2017 OMG. Saw the full image of that child and my heart broke. Such horrible spots. Geeez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VINA Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Why is bush meat always affected.?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Godforbid bad thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teewhy Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Thank God it's not garri this time. Bush meat can rest for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimy Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Eh this is really scaring. People desist from eating these Bush animals please when there are domestic animals that are safe for consumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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