The
federal government has confirmed six additional cases of Monkeypox.
The cases are amongst those sent to the World
Health Organisation’s laboratory in Dakar, Senegal, a statement by the Ministry
of Health said Friday.
The Minister of State for Health, Osagie
Ehanire, said two cases each were confirmed in Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom States,
one each in Enugu State and the Abuja.
They bring to nine the total number of
Monkeypox cases so far confirmed in Nigeria. Three had earlier been confirmed
on October 16.
Mr. Ehanire said investigations were ongoing to
establish whether the new cases emanated from Bayelsa where the outbreak
started.
Mr. Ehanire said as frightening as the
manifestation of the ailment may seem, no fatality has been recorded to date.
Meanwhile, there are 94 suspected cases
reported from 11 states, namely Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Ekiti,
Enugu, Imo, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Rivers and the Federal Capital Territory.
The minister said the new patients were already
being managed by public health authorities and had been receiving appropriate
clinical care since onset of the illness.
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