The Anambra State government has debunked rumours which emanated on Wednesday of an alleged ‘army invasion’ of schools in the state to ‘inject pupils and students with vaccines to tackle monkeypox.’
The rumour mills indicated that some students were alleged to have died after being forcefully injected with the vaccine which made parents withdraw their children and wards from school. These rumours were later dispelled by the state government.
The reports, which also spread to neighbouring states in the South-east created panic in the region.
A similar rumour in Yobe in the North-east on Monday also turned out to be false, although parents had already withdrawn their wards from schools.
The Anambra State government in swift reaction debunked the allegations of immunisation of children against the virus by the army.
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