Medical practitioner, Emmanuel Onyenuche says Nigerians need not panic over monkeypox. The virus has been causing anxiety, following its discovery in non-endemic countries. According to WHO, the monkeypox virus was first discovered in Nigeria in 2017. Since then, 558 cases have been discovered with only 8 deaths. Onyenuche opines that the National anxiety going on over the virus is a result of the devastating effect of the COVID-19. He, however, explains that the monkeypox is not as dangerous as the COVID-19 virus. 

He says that although the virus does not have a cure, it is self-limiting and can eventually dissipate on its own. He says that the virus unlike the Covid-19 has less tendency to mutate. 

He further explains that based on how the country has been able to tackle the Ebola virus and the COVID-19, the monkeypox virus can also be contained. He also says that it can be prevented by taking the smallpox vaccine.