MONKEYPOX: Stop Eating Monkeys, Bush Meat, FG Tells Nigerians

The government, through the 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, Today.

Adewole added that the disease neither had a cure nor a vaccine. He, however, said there was no cause for alarm as it was mild.