Monkeypox — Nigeria
New suspected cases: 6
New confirmed cases: 2
Total confirmed cases in 2019: 46
Total deaths: 0
Epidemiological summary
– Nigeria continues to report sporadic cases of monkeypox since September 2017;
– In the reporting month [December 2019], 6 new suspected monkeypox cases were reported from 5 sates: Lagos (1), Rivers (1), Oyo (1), Imo (1), and Plateau (2);
– Of the suspected cases 2 were confirmed positive for monkeypox in Rivers (1) and Imo (1) states;
– One case of monkeypox was
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