The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, says there are 55 confirmed cases of Monkey-pox, in Nigeria.
The center made this known via its official website, noting that the 55 cases were confirmed from the 935 suspected cases across 39 local government areas in 21 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
The agency stated that no death has been recorded from the disease so far this year, adding that 70 per cent of the reported cases were males, while 30 per cent were females.
It pointed out that “the age distribution of confirmed Mpox cases revealed that 19 cases were recorded in ages 0-10, eight cases in ages 11-20 and 12 cases in ages 21-30.
The NCDC gave the breakdown of the confirmed cases to include 8 from Enugu, 6 from Bayelsa, 6 from Akwa-Ibom, 5 from Cross River, 3 from Delta, 3 from Benue and 3 from Plateau.
The Nigerian public health agency noted that the National Mpox multi-sectoral and multi-partner Emergency Operation Centre
has continued to coordinate responses across the country.
