The Federal Government
(FG) has described as fake and sinister the report that the outbreak of
Monkey Pox in some parts of the country resulted from the alleged free medical
care by the government in the affected areas, especially by the Nigerian Army
under its “operation crocodile smile II” reports ITRealms.
A press statement
issued in Abuja on Sunday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, said Nigerians should disregard the report which, apparently, is
being spread by some unscrupulous persons to fit into a sinister agenda.
''The Federal
Government has not conducted any free medical service or care in either Bayelsa
or Rivers state, as alleged in the fake report being circulated. So that could
not have been the cause of the outbreak of Monkey Pox in both states.
"Monkey Pox is a
virus found only in monkeys and it is rare in human beings. It belongs to the
same family as Chicken Pox and Smallpox.
''It is suspected that
someone may have contacted it by eating monkey meat, thus triggering the
current outbreak," the Minister said.
He assured that no
effort will be spared in curtailing the spread of the disease.
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