Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed 157 cases of monkeypox across 26 States in the country.
The Centre disclosed this in its latest Monkeypox situation report for week 30.
Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans that occur sporadically, primarily in remote villages of Central and West Africa near tropical rainforests.
Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa where the disease is endemic.
The agency said from January 1 to July 31, 2022, four deaths were recorded in 4 states, Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).
The report also showed that there were at least 413 suspected cases of the disease in the country.
According to the reports “There were fifty-six (56) new suspected cases reported in Epi week 30, 2022 (25th to 31st July 2022) from nineteen (19) states, Ondo (13), Plateau (8), Lagos (6), Adamawa (4), Abia (3), Borno (3), Delta (2), Kano (3), Anambra (2), Bayelsa (2), Kwara (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Gombe (1), Imo (1), Nasarawa (1), Osun (1), Oyo (1), Rivers (1) and Taraba (1)
“Overall, since the re-emergence of monkeypox in September 2017 and to 31st July 2022, a total of 925 suspected cases have been reported from 35 states in the country.”
Culled/Adetutu Adetule
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