The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Ifedayo ADETIFA, said cases of Monkeypox in the country have risen to two hundred and twenty (220).
Dr. ADETIFA made this known at the Ministerial Press Briefing on COVID-19 and developments in the health sector held in Abuja on Tuesday.
He said the confirmed cases were recorded from twenty-nine states in the country, adding that there were five hundred and thirty (530) suspected cases of Monkeypox and four deaths recorded in the country as of August 14, 2022.
According to the NCDC Boss, the centre was looking into obtaining treatments as a key priority as an option to offer people who were at the highest risk of severe disease, hospitalisation and deaths.
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