Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has condemned the manner in which the media has handled the outbreak of Monkeypox virus in the country.

ALEDEH recalls that the dreaded disease broke out first in Bayelsa, Southern Nigeria before suspected cases of the virus was reported in Rivers State, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ekiti, Lagos, Enugu, Nasarawa, and Abuja.

On October 16, a monkeypox patient committed suicide at the Niger Delta University Teaching University, Okolobiri, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Southern Nigeria.

The State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Ebitimitula Etebu said the deceased was one of the patients being managed at the isolation facility at the NDUTH and was about to be discharged before he committed suicide.

Prof. Etebu expressed sadness that the patient took his own life despite speedily recovering from the disease ‎and stated that his medical history did not suggest any mental illness or features of depression, noting that the patient did not die from the disease.

Reacting to the development in an interview with Nigeria’s burgeoning online integrated media platform, ALEDEH, Prof. Adewole said the Monkeypox virus has created so “much scare” because of the way the media has handled the outbreak of the disease in the country.

Read more: http://aledeh.com.ng/media-handling-of-monkey-pox-bad-health-minister-prof-adewole/

Is that your health minister? I wonder o,
Pic looks like a chimp on suit

Better change that picture

Clueless Ppl.. Aren't dey d ones who's supposed to help d media handle it by creating d relevant awareness and making sure d right information is whats in circulation? And now he's blaming d media for d handling.. How has d health ministry handled it?