The federal government has denied reports of injection of monkey pox virus on people in their medical outreach across the country.

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Minister of health Isaac Adewole gave the clarification while briefing journalists after Wednesday’s Federal Executive Council meeting.

The minister said although the military embark upon periodic medical outreach it is not currently involved in any vaccination.

In the last few weeks, there have apprehension in some states of the country over the medical outreach being conducted by the military.

The gesture has been misunderstood given series of deaths that occured in some places after the military’s medical outreach making parents suspect that the exercise is aimed at injecting monkey pox virus into their wards.

But the minister of health said the medical outreach is never meant to harm anyone, even though the exercise is not part of government vaccination.

The minister also gave update on the spread of the Monkey pox disease, saying seventy-four suspected cases have been so far been reported in eleven states with many of reading negative after series of laboratory tests.

Council also approved the sum of two hundred and thirty-six million naira for the completion of Savke Dam in Katsina state.

Water resources minister, Suleiman Adamu said the Dam when completed will improve irrigation within that axis for agricultural development.

President buhari departed for the D-8 summit in turkey.