The agency also noted that three deaths were recorded from the beginning of the year through July 3.
The NCDC added in its latest week 26 monkeypox situation report that as many as 245 suspected cases of the disease have been reported in the country.
Monkeypox is a rare viral zoonotic infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans, sporadically occurring mostly in remote villages of central and west Africa near tropical rainforests.
The NCDC announced: “In epi week 26, 2022 (June 27 to July 3, 2022), 41 suspected cases were reported from 20 states – Nasarawa (6), Lagos (4), Delta (4), Adamawa (3 ), Ondo (3), Borno (2), Ebonyi (2), Edo (2), Kwara (2), Oyo (2), Taraba (2), Akwa Ibom (1), Cross River (1), Benue (1). ), FCT (1), Kano (1), Kebbi (1), Ogun (1), Plateau (1) and Rivers (1)."
The agency said of the 41 suspected cases, there were 21 new positive cases in the reported week from 11 states -- Nasarawa (4), Adamawa (3), Borno (2), Delta (2), Edo (2), Kwara (2). ), Lagos (2), FCT (1), Ondo (1), Plateau (1) and Rivers (1).
The center added: “From January 1 to July 3, 2022, there were 245 suspected cases and 84 confirmed cases (57 males, 27 females) from 21 states – Lagos (13), Adamawa (9), Delta (7), Nasarawa (7), Edo (6), Rivers (6), Bayelsa (5), Plateau (5), FCT (5), Cross River (3), Kwara (3), Borno (2), Imo (2) , Kano (2), Ondo (2), Taraba (2), Anambra (1), Katsina (1), Niger (1), Oyo (1) and Ogun (1). Three deaths were registered.
In total, and since the monkeypox recurrence from September 2017 to July 3, 2022, a total of 757 suspected cases have been reported from 34 states in the country.”
Meanwhile, the Monkeypox National Emergency Operations Center was activated on May 26, 2022 in response to a risk assessment of the national and global infectious disease situation.
The NCDC said the core of enabling the EOC is to improve coordination of related preparedness and response activities across the country.
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