PRO/AH/EDR> Monkeypox – Africa (19): Nigeria

Monkeypox — Nigeria
Highlights
– The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) continued to coordinate the response through its activated Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)
– 56 confirmed cases recorded since the onset of the outbreak
– 3 new States (Imo, Katsina and Nasarawa) recorded confirmed cases in the reporting week
– 13 new suspected cases reported in the reporting week
– NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja continued laboratory diagnosis of monkeypox with improved turn-around time
– There