The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said half of the deaths recorded from monkeypox in 2022 across Africa are from Nigeria.
WHO regional director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, said this on Friday at a virtual media brief.
According to him, there have now been 524 confirmed cases and 12 deaths across 11 African countries.
“The majority of cases are in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Ghana. Of the 12 deaths, six occurred in Nigeria, four in Ghana, and two in the Central African Republic,” she said.
“Although no single monkeypox vaccine has been administered to any high-risk group in any of the African countries reporting cases, WHO has provided 39,000 test kits to countries, enabling improved testing rates.
According to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), as of August 14, there have been 220 cases of monkeypox in Nigeria in 2022, with four deaths.
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