Nigeria records 39 mpox cases this year

Lagos: Nigeria has recorded 39 cases of mpox since the beginning of the year, a health official said as concern mounts over the global spread of the d...

Lagos: Nigeria has recorded 39 cases of mpox since the beginning of the year, a health official said as concern mounts over the global spread of the disease.

The cases were across the country and have not been fatal, according to Jide Idris, the director-general of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and

Prevention.

"A total of 39 confirmed cases out of 788 suspected cases and no deaths have been recorded," Idris told reporters on Thursday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) this week declared the rapid spread of a new more dangerous mpox strain, Clade 1b, a public health emergency of international concern -- the highest alarm it can sound.