Kebbi Government has confirmed that 26 people have died following suspected outbreak of Cerebrospinal meningitis in Aliero, Gwandu and Jega Local Government Areas of the state.
The Nigerian Red Cross Society (NRCS), in collaboration with the Cross River State Ministry of Health, has trained 200 community-based volunteers to respond to the M-pox outbreak in parts of the state. The volunteers, selected from endemic Local Government Areas (LGAs), were trained on Monday in Calabar on ways to halt the disease’s spread. Mrs…
The Interior Ministry in Tbilisi reported on Monday that demonstrators and police officers were injured in an outbreak of violence in Georgia amid fierce election disputes and ties with the European Union. The ministry reported that 21 police officers had been injured by stones, fireworks, bottles, and iron bars, bringing the total injured over recent…
Congo’s mpox control programme on Wednesday said Congo has been unable to launch mpox vaccination campaign in Kinshasa due to shortage of doses, while cases countrywide continue to rise, especially among children. Cris Kacita, the head of operations for Congo’s mpox control programme said the World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency in…
