Nigeria Monkeypox Update – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has issued a new update on the country’s monkeypox outbreak.
Monkeypox is a zoonotic virus, which means it spreads from animals to people. Numerous monkey species, giant-pouched rats, African dormice, and particular species of squirrels are some of the animals that can spread monkeypox.
Nigeria, a West African country, is one of the countries on the continent that has been infected.
According to a newly published report, there have been 133 cases of monkeypox in 26 states as of July 2022 across the country, Nigeria.
According to the agency, three deaths occurred in three states between January and July 24, 2022: Delta (1), Lagos (1), and Ondo (1).
The report also included that the country had at least 357 suspected cases of the disease, which is a total of the outbreak from Sept. 2017 to current times in July 24, 2022.
According to the report, “there were 19 new suspected cases reported in Epi week 29, 2022 (July 18 to 24, 2022) from 12 states – Ondo (4), Bayelsa (3), Taraba (2), Lagos (2), Rivers (1), Kogi (1), Kano (1), Imo (1), Delta (1), Anambra (1), Akwa Ibom (1), and Abia (1).”
“Of 19 suspected cases, there were 15 new confirmed positive cases in Epi week 29, 2022 from 10 states – Ondo (3), Taraba (2), Lagos (2), Bayelsa (2), Rivers (1), Kogi (1), Imo (1), Delta (1), Anambra (1) and Abia (1).
“From January 1 to July 24, 2022, there have now been 357 suspected cases and 133 confirmed cases (89 male, 44 female) from 26 states – Lagos (17), Adamawa (11), Delta (11), Rivers (10), Bayelsa (10), Ondo (9), Edo (8), Nasarawa (7), Plateau (6), FCT (5), Anambra (5), Taraba (5), Imo (4), Cross River (3), Kwara (3), Borno (3), Oyo (3), Kano (2), Katsina (2), Gombe (2), Kogi (2), Niger (1), Ogun (1), Bauchi (1), Akwa Ibom (1) and Abia (1).
“Three deaths were recorded from thre states – Delta (1), Lagos (1), and Ondo (1).
“Overall, since the re-emergence of monkeypox in September 2017 and to July 24, 2022, a total of 869 suspected cases have been reported from 35 states in the country.
“Of these 869 suspected cases, there have been 359 (41.3%) confirmed (237 male, 122 female) from 30 states – Rivers (62), Bayelsa (53), Lagos (47), Delta (40), Edo (18), Cross River (17), Imo (12), FCT (11), Adamawa (11), Ondo (9), Nasarawa (9), Oyo (9), Plateau (9), Akwa Ibom (8), Anambra (7), Taraba (5), Enugu (4), Abia (4), Kwara (3), Borno (3), Benue (2), Ekiti (2), Kano (2), Niger (2), Ogun (2), Katsina (2), Gombe (2) Kogi (2), Ebonyi (1), and Bauchi (1).
“In addition, from September 2017 to July 24, 2022, a total of 11 deaths have been recorded (CFR= 3.0%) in eight states – Lagos (3), Edo (2), Imo (1), Cross River (1), FCT (1), Rivers (1), Ondo (1) and Delta (1).”
The NCDC noted that there are ongoing efforts to strengthen surveillance at national and subnational levels.
Obinna Chukwudi, a Medical Laboratory Scientist at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi, Anambra State, tasked the government with vaccine production and availability.
Download An Update of Monkeypox Outbreak in Nigeria for Week 29
