The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control NCDC, has reported 24 additional monkeypox cases in seven days from across 12 states in the country.
The NCDC reported the cases via its official website.
It stated that a total of 157 positive infections of monkeypox were confirmed between January 1st and July 31st.
Monkeypox is an ongoing outbreak, a viral disease that was confirmed in May 2022.
The initial cluster of cases was found in the United Kingdom, where the first case was detected on May 6, in an individual with travel links to Nigeria.
Researchers are yet to discover why monkeypox seems to be propagating so readily and unconventionally in the current global outbreak.
