The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 241 cases of monkeypox, up from 220 so far this year.
According to the NCDC’s latest report on the disease for week 33 which was published on its website, the confirmed cases were reported from 30 states in the country.
There are no fewer than 604 suspected cases of the infection.
Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease (i.e. an infection transmitted from animals to humans) that occurs sporadically, primarily in remote villages of Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests.
