There are fresh concerns that Nigeria may experience its worst mpox outbreak as the African region is experiencing an unprecedented
increase in cases since the start of 2024. Experts have warned that a new ‘lethal’ variant of the mpox, formerly monkeypox, disease is spreading “unchecked” and poses a “severe” risk to hundreds of thousands…
Experts at the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and Africa CDC warned that a more deadly variant of the disease is crossing borders with a reported mortality rate of 10 per cent in children, threatening to decimate populations with authorities powerless to curtail the spread.
WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, said: “The priority is to rapidly interrupt the transmission of the virus. We’re collaborating with partners in support of countries to reinforce outbreak control measures and ensure that communities are central to ongoing efforts to effectively end these outbreaks.”
The General Overseer of Victory Life Bible Church International , Abeokuta, Ogun State, Apostle Lawrence Achudume, who is also one of the contributors to The Guardian’s Ibru Page, a religious column, has lost his wife, Reverend Fola Achudume. The sad event, according to the church, occurred on Saturday, August 3, 2024. Achudume died at the…
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