Tag Archive for PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox – Africa (03): Nigeria

PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox – Africa (03): Nigeria

Monkeypox -- NigeriaNew suspected cases: 6New confirmed cases: 2Total confirmed cases in 2019: 46Total deaths: 0Epidemiological 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 Read more [...]