{"id":192443,"date":"2022-06-01T06:46:32","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=192443"},"modified":"2022-06-01T06:47:19","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T05:47:19","slug":"us-denies-spreading-monkeypox-through-nigerian-labs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/06\/01\/us-denies-spreading-monkeypox-through-nigerian-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"US denies spreading Monkeypox through Nigerian labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States has refuted social media claims that the\u00a0US-controlled laboratories are being used to spread Monkeypox in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement released on Monday by the embassy titled, \u2018U.S.-Nigeria collaboration on infectious disease threats\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The country explained that the collaborative work between Nigeria and the US has provided opportunities for technical assistance in capacity building, equipment, commodities\/consumables, and funding to critical public health programme, hospitals and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/igp-upgrades-police-criminal-data-base-forensic-laboratories\/\">laboratories<\/a> which contribute greatly to the prevention and amelioration of global disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read in part, \u201cRecent misleading posts on social media wrongly speculate on the origin of the current global outbreak of Monkeypox disease and supposedly call for the World Health Organisation to investigate the so-called \u2018U.S.-controlled laboratories\u2019 in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch reports are pure fabrication. 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