MONKEYPOX! ANOTHER CORONAVIRUS?
You have seen Monkeypox on your WhatsApp, Instagram, or Facebook feed, and you’re stuck with some questions in your head: are we going for another lockdown? Should I run from monkey now? Did they just engineer another disease? With Nigeria recording, 8 deaths from Monkeypox in 5years with about 558 people infected, Recently, 15 people have been confirmed infected this year with Lagos and Adamawa states taking the leads. Let’s go on this short journey to answer your questions WHAT IS MONKEYPOX? Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by a virus that belongs to the Orthoppxvirus genus called Monkeypox virus. Also in this genus us the popular smallpox virus and cowpox virus. IS IT FROM MONKEYS? Yes, the virus was first discovered in monkeys kept for research in 1958. However, the first human case was discovered in Congo, 1970. IS IT TRANSMISSIBLE? Yes like coronavirus, it can be transmitted from an infected person to others, Transmission is through broken skin, respiratory tract (re...