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“Cases are mostly found in Central and West Africa. About 500 cases have been reported in Nigeria since 2017. It became rampant in Nigeria in 2017. It is considered an outbreak,” he said.“The symptoms of monkeypox are fever, intense headache, rash, muscle pain, lymph node enlargement, and skin manifestations in form of rashes on the face and extremities.
He noted that monkeypox is infectious though the transmission of infection is not as high as cholera and Lassa fever. “Vaccination with smallpox vaccine in the past when the vaccine was still available is known to offer protection against monkeypox. “There is no specific treatment for Monkeypox infection. It is a viral illness that is self-limiting. It lasts between 2 – 4 weeks,” he said.
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