The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced that the country has recorded 39 confirmed cases of mpox across 33 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in 2024, with no fatalities reported.
The Director General of NCDC, Dr. Jide Idris, made this known during a press conference in Abuja, where he also disclosed that 5,951 suspected cholera cases and 176 deaths have been reported across all 36 states and the FCT as of August 11, 2024.
The NCDC has ramped up its efforts to monitor and control the spread of mpox, with heightened surveillance at Nigeria’s five international airports, 10 seaports, and 51 land border crossings.
Port health officers have been placed on high alert, and diagnostic protocols have been distributed to these locations.
Additionally, certain states, including Lagos, Abuja, Enugu, Kano, Rivers, Cross-River, Akwa-Ibom, Adamawa, and Taraba, have been put on high alert. Contact tracing and monitoring are also being conducted for confirmed cases to prevent further spread.
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