Abuja – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Monkey Pox suspected cases rose from 10 in April to 20 in May, 2022.
The 20 new cases were disclosed by the NCDC in its May summary report released on Sunday.
“This is a 100 per cent increase in case reporting as compared with April 2022, when 10 new cases were reported and is likely due to ongoing efforts to increase awareness and improve surveillance,” NCDC said in the report.
According to the report, six of the new cases were confirmed and found across Lagos, Oyo and other states.
It will be recalled that two suspected cases were earlier recorded at the Infectious Diseases Hospital (IDH), Lagos
on May 14, 2022.
The report explained that the 20 suspected cases were found across 11 states of Lagos, Bayelsa, Adamawa, Rivers, Niger, FCT, Delta, Oyo, Kaduna, Edo and
Gombe,
The Monkey Pox National Technical Working Group (TWG) has been monitoring cases and strengthening preparedness/response capacity.
The report said a total of 66 suspected cases were reported between January 1st to May 29th, 2022.
Of the suspected cases, 21 were confirmed from nine (9)states – Adamawa (5), Lagos (4), Cross River (2), FCT (2), Kano (2), Delta (2), Bayelsa (2), River
(1) and Imo (1) – with one death recorded.
“This was in a 40yrs man with renal co-morbidity and on immune-suppressive drugs,” the report said.
From September 2017 to May 29th, 2022, a total of 578 suspected cases have so far been reported from 32 states in the country. (vitalnews)
