NATIONAL Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) National Coordinator Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu has urged Nigerians to resist any attempt by anybody to vaccinate them against monkey pox infection.
He stated categorically that there was no vaccine against monkey pox virus in the country at the moment.
Ihekweazu told the Senate Committee on Primary Healthcare and Communicable Diseases that the centre has no relationship whatsoever with what the military was reportedly doing in the Southeast.
He said: “Now, in terms of vaccine, there is no vaccine for monkey pox. So, it is not a vaccine preventable disease. There is absolutely no connection between the work that we are doing and any intervention in the Southeast.
“There is no relationship between our work and any intervention in the area. There are a lot of anxiety and people are spreading all sorts of rumors.
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Fg urges Nigerians to resist monkey pox vaccination by anybody, disowns military vaccinations in S/East
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