Wednesday, 4 August 2021

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

Monkeypox -- Nigeria
At least 4 cases of monkeypox were confirmed in Nigeria in July 2021, according to a report by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
A 2017 outbreak spread to at least 14 states and sparked nationwide panic, but it became largely forgotten until a man tested positive in the United States after arriving from Nigeria early last month [July 2021]. The NCDC said it was notified of the case and is supporting the relevant state governments in Nigeria to carry out outbreak investigation

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8567195&promed&0

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