{"id":188264,"date":"2022-05-16T15:59:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=188264"},"modified":"2022-05-16T15:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T14:59:59","slug":"monkeypox-ncdc-dg-asks-nigerians-to-avoid-bushmeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/16\/monkeypox-ncdc-dg-asks-nigerians-to-avoid-bushmeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkeypox: NCDC DG asks Nigerians to avoid bushmeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ifedayo Adetifa has admonished Nigerians to avoid bushmeat to prevent monkeypox.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known by the DG while speaking on<span class=\"acssf62a8\"> Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to the DG,<span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u00a0though there have been sporadic cases of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/07\/britain-reports-rare-form-of-monkeypox-traced-to-nigeria\/\">monkeypox<\/a>; there is no outbreak.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">He said since the emergence of monkeypox in Nigeria in 2017, there has only been 558 cases with eight deaths, adding that only 46 suspected cases have been reported in 2022 with no death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">Adetifa, however, said Nigerians should interact with animals with care, adding that failure to do so may pose risk to health security of Nigerians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cI think it\u2019s important that we shun or be careful. I\u2019d prefer to use shun in handling all bushmeat,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThe greatest risk to health security and health in general we should be careful in handling bushmeat and the likes, even rats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIt\u2019s part of the problem we have with Lassa Fever, we are not managing our interaction with rats. We are not storing our foods and other things properly to avoid contamination by these animals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cIn case of monkeypox, people interact with bushmeat and other animals and the question about animals is that we know about monkeys, sort of bushmeats are involved as well. So, I think all of them should be handled with care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cThere is no outbreak of monkeypox. The term outbreak is being used wrongly. Yes, we are having cases of monkeypox, just like we have continued to have monkeypox cases since it reemerged in 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"acssf62a8\">\u201cSince 2017 till date, we have had about 558 monkeypox cases with about eight deaths. This year alone, we have had 46 suspected cases reported and about eight cases confirmed with no death.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Ifedayo Adetifa has admonished Nigerians to avoid bushmeat to prevent monkeypox. This was made known by the DG while speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme. According to the DG,\u00a0though there have been sporadic cases of monkeypox; there is no outbreak. 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