The United States through the American embassy in the country has said that it has no connection with the recent outbreak of monkeypox in Nigeria but on the contrary it has continue to support Nigeria health authorities with technical assistance and funding to tackle disease outbreaks such as COIVD-19 and monkeypox, among others.
An Information Specialist at the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Consulate General, Temitayo Famutimi, issued statement on Monday in reaction to claims that the U.S. government was using some laboratories under its control to spread monkeypox disease in Nigeria.
According to the embassy, the sponsors of such claims have also called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to investigate these laboratories.
Famutimi stressed that the US government has been helpful to the Nigerian health sector in the areas of capacity building, as well as provision of equipment, commodities/consumables, and funding to critical public health programme, hospitals, and laboratories.