Nigeria Records 157 Monkeypox Cases, 4 Deaths
Category: Nigeria News
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control confirmed the development
saying it is across 26 states in the country.
The NCDC disclosed
this in its latest monkey-pox situation report for week 30.
Nigeria
is one of the countries in Africa where the disease is endemic.
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The
agency said from January 1 to July 31, 2022, four deaths were recorded from 4
states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).
Monkey-pox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease transmitted
from animals to humans that occur sporadically, primarily in remote villages of
Central and West Africa near tropical rain-forests.
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