Lagos moves to prevent an outbreak of Monkey Pox 

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The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it had strengthened its disease surveillance, detection and response systems to prevent any outbreak of Monkeypox in the State.

The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.

He spoke against the background of the two confirmed cases of Monkeypox in patients with recent travel history from Nigeria now receiving medical attention in the United Kingdom (UK).

The commissioner said the assertion that the people had travel history from Nigeria did not necessarily mean that the diseases were contracted in Nigeria.

Monkeypox is a virus that is spread primarily from animals to humans, with symptoms such as fever, headache, body pain, sore throat and the typical generalised vesicular rash.