The centre also urged Nigerians to take certain measures to prevent contracting the disease.

 

This is just as the Minister of State for Health, Dr Olorunnimbe Mamora, allayed the fears of Nigerians, saying the NCDC is doing everything possible to mitigate the spread of the disease.

Monkeypox, a rare disease that is caused by infection with the monkeypox virus, belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae.

 

NCDC noted that 15 out of the 46 suspected cases reported had been confirmed, countries such as the United Kingdom, the United States of America, Portugal, Spain, Israel, Lebanon and Canada among others have started to report cases.

 

The WHO in a statement it released last week noted that the outbreak of the monkeypox disease is being discovered in countries where it is not endemic.

 

But the NCDC’s post on its website on Monday, noted that there are no specific treatments available for monkeypox

There was pandemonium at the Obilubi Obazu Mbieri in Mbaitoli LGA of Imo State where a 20 -year-old first-year student of the Imo State University Owerri, IMSU was reportedly knocked down by thunder following torrential rains.

It was gathered that the victim, identified as Chiamaka Obodo was making a call with her phone inside her parents’ house when lightning struck and she died on the spot before any help could reach her

The development caused tension in the community as residents of the community trooped to the scene of the incident.

A resident explained that the 20-year-old undergraduate was inside when the lightning suddenly enveloped the community with the accompanying thunder, killing her.

He said the deceased body has been deposited at the nearest morgue.

A family source said that late Chiamaka was addicted to her phone, revealing that her body would be laid to rest on Friday, 17th June 2022.

He said, “the lightning was like an electric spark and a heavy thunderstorm which shook the entire community and by the time we know it, people have been screaming in front of the deceased house after discovering that she has been struck by the lightning.”