NCDC caution nigerians over rising cases of monkeypox

NCDC Revealed Cases of Monkey Pox in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Sunday, disclosed about 66 cases of monkey pox in country.
The agency also noted that 21 had been confirmed as having been infected by the disease, only one person have been confirmed dead.
Monkeypox according to NCDC reports is a rare disease caused by infection with the Monkeypox virus which belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae.
Also, the disease, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), is endemic to West and Central African countries even as i is said to have surfaced in other parts of the world like the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Italy among others.
From NCDC report, “a total of 66 suspected cases have been 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 1 death recorded. This was in a 40 years man with renal co-morbidity and on immune-suppressive drugs.
“The twenty (20) new suspected cases in May 2022 were reported from 11 states – Lagos (5), Bayelsa (2), Adamawa (2), Rivers (2), Niger (2), FCT (2), Delta (1), Oyo (1), Kaduna (1), Edo (1) and Gombe (1).