{"id":97836,"date":"2022-08-08T12:26:35","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T11:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=97836"},"modified":"2022-08-08T12:26:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T11:26:35","slug":"ncdc-confirms-157-monkeypox-cases-four-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/ncdc-confirms-157-monkeypox-cases-four-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"NCDC confirms 157 monkeypox cases, four deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has confirmed 157 cases of monkeypox across 26 states in the country.<\/p>\n

The NCDC disclosed this in its latest monkeypox situation report for week 30.<\/p>\n

Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans that occur sporadically, primarily in remote villages of Central and West Africa near tropical rainforests.<\/p>\n

Nigeria is one of the countries in Africa where the disease is endemic.<\/p>\n

The agency said from January 1 to July 31, 2022, four deaths were recorded from 4 states \u2013 Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).<\/p>\n

The report also showed that there were at least 413 suspected cases of the disease in the country.<\/p><\/div>\n

\nThe report read in part, \u201cThere were fifty-six (56) new suspected cases reported in Epi week 30, 2022 (25th to 31st July 2022) from nineteen (19) states \u2013 Ondo (13), Plateau (8), Lagos (6), Adamawa (4), Abia (3), Borno (3), Delta (2), Kano (3), Anambra (2), Bayelsa (2) , Kwara (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Gombe (1), Imo (1), Nasarawa (1), Osun (1), Oyo (1), Rivers (1) and Taraba (1)<\/p>\n

\u201cOf fifty-six (56)suspected cases, there were twenty-four(24) new confirmed positive cases in Epi week 30, 2022 from twelve (12) states \u2013 Ondo (5), Kano (3), Lagos (3), Abia (2), Adamawa (2), Bayelsa (2), Kwara (2), Delta (1), Anambra (1), Gombe (1), Rivers (1) and Nasarawa (1).<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom 1st January to 31st July 2022, there have now been 413 suspected cases and 157 confirmed cases (105 male, 52 female) from twenty-six (26) states \u2013 Lagos (20), Ondo (14), Adamawa (13), Delta (12), Bayelsa (12), Rivers (11), Edo (8), Nasarawa (8), Plateau (6), Anambra (6), FCT (5), Taraba (5), Kwara (5), Kano (5), Imo (4), Cross River (3), Borno (3), Oyo (3), Abia (3), Gombe (3), Katsina (2), Kogi (2), Niger (1), Ogun (1), Bauchi (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).<\/p>\n

\u201cFour deaths were recorded from 4 states \u2013 Delta (1), Lagos (1), Ondo (1) and Akwa Ibom (1).<\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, since the re-emergence of monkeypox in September 2017 and to 31st July 2022, a total of 925 suspected cases have been reported from 35 states in the country.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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