The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported a decline in the number of suspected and confirmed Mpox cases in the country over the past four weeks.
The NCDC said this via its official website on Monday.
Mpox is an infectious viral disease that can occur in humans and other animals. Symptoms include a rash that forms blisters, fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
The illness is usually mild, and most infected individuals recover within a few weeks without treatment.
The public health agency, in its latest data, said 51 new suspected cases were reported between Epidemiological (Epi) weeks 29 to 32 of 2024.
According to the NCDC, that was a significant drop from the 102 cases reported during the previous four weeks (Epi Weeks 25–28).
It said that these cases were recorded across 26 local government areas (LGAs) in 18 states.
The agency said that out of the new suspected cases, two were confirmed positive, with one case each reported in Ebonyi and Enugu.
It said that this also marked a decrease from the seven confirmed cases recorded in the earlier period.
It described probable case as a case that meets the clinical case definition, not laboratory-confirmed but has an epidemiological link to a confirmed case.
“A confirmed case is a clinically compatible case that is laboratory-confirmed.
“Contact is any person who has been in direct or indirect contact with a confirmed case since the onset of symptoms,” it said.
The NCDC highlighted that in 2024 alone, mpox had been confirmed in 19 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), affecting 30 Local Government Areas.
