NCDC: Incidence Of Monkeypox Hits Lagos, Rivers, Akwa Ibom
October 17, 2019
5:36 am
β’ Disease control centre confirms five new cases
β’ Says national response ongoing in partnership with states
β’ Edo, Bauchi, Ondo record fresh Lassa fever outbreak, fatality
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) yesterday confirmed five news cases of Monkeypox in Lagos, Rivers and Akwa Ibom states.
The resurgence comes two years after the index case was reported in the country. While Lagos, in the current reappearance, recorded three cases, Rivers and Akwa Ibom have one each.
According to the latest situation report on monkeypox and Lassa fever published by the NCDC yesterday, βIn the reporting month (September 2019), …
