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Nigeria confirms 39 mpox cases
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 39 mpox cases in the country this year.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday declared mpox a global public health emergency following a surge in cases in Africa.
The virus has swept through the Democratic Republic of Congo, where 14,000 cases and 524 deaths have been reported this year.
The NCDC Director-General, Jide Idris, who confirmed the development at a media briefing, however, said the country has recorded zero deaths from mpox thus far.
He added that the cases were recorded in 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The NCDC chief also gave a breakdown of the virus caseload in the country.
READ ALSO: WHO declares Mpox a global health emergency
Idris said: “Bayelsa (5), Cross River (5), Ogun (4), Lagos (4), Ondo (3), and Ebonyi (3) have recorded the highest cases of mpox.
“The National Mpox Technical Working Group (TWG), a multi-sectoral body housed within the NCDC, continues to coordinate mpox response activities.
“As part of the government’s ongoing efforts, we are intensifying surveillance across Nigeria to swiftly detect and respond to any new cases.
“This is putting all port health services across all five international airports, 10 seaports, and 51 land/foot crossing borders on high alert.
“Diagnostic protocols are now distributed to these locations, and port health officers are on high alert and screening for suspected cases.”
He revealed that Lagos and eight others have been put on high alert over the disease.
The other states are Enugu, Kano, Rivers, Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom, Adamawa, Taraba and FCT.
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