Nigeria: 2019 Monkeypox

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Source: https://dailypost.ng/2019/10/26/18-cases-of-monkey-pox-reported-in-akwa-ibom/

18 cases of monkey pox reported in Akwa Ibom
Published 9 hours ago
on October 26, 2019
By Lovina Anthony

The Commissioner of Health, Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Dominic Ukpong has said a total of eighteen cases of monkey pox has been reported in the state and one confirmed.

Ikpong disclosed this on Friday in a press briefing following the outbreak of monkey pox disease in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the State.

He said results of five cases were still being awaited and that the 18 cases all reside within three communities of Ikot Akpaden, Ikot Enin and Ndon in Mkpat Enin LGA.

The Commissioner said since the outbreak of the disease, his ministry through its public health department had activated its infectious control procedure to prevent the epidemic and confine it to the affected local government.

He added that Akwa Ibom was at the risk of contracting new cases because the disease was present in the neighbouring states.

According to him, “In Nigeria, as at October 24th, 93 suspected cases have been reported, 43 confirmed, only one death reported, and that was in Lagos state.

“Although 10 states are affected: Lagos, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Rivers, Imo, Enugu and Anambra states with a total number of 93 cases in the country, 59% are from two states: Delta, (28%), and Lagos (26%).

“Since the beginning of the outbreak in 2017, 176 confirmed cases were reported and nine deaths before the outbreak of this year...

 

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Source: http://outbreaknewstoday.com/nigeria-reports-more-monkeypox-confirmed-case-in-oyo-state-36792/


Nigeria reports more monkeypox: Confirmed case in Oyo State
by News Desk
December 15, 2019

Health officials in Nigeria continue to report monkeypox in 2019. During the month of November, eight cases were reported (7 suspected and one confirmed (Oyo State). No deaths were recorded in November.

In 2019, 106 suspected cases have been reported thus far of which 44 were confirmed in nine states (Bayelsa, Lagos, Delta, Rivers, Akwa ibom, Enugu, Anambra, Cross River, and Oyo). One death was recorded in a case in Lagos state...

 

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WEEKLY BULLETIN ON OUTBREAKS
AND OTHER EMERGENCIES
Week 51: 16 - 22 December 2019
Data as reported by: 17:00; 22 December 2019
...
Monkeypox Nigeria

106 Cases
1 Death
0.9% CFR

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Nigeria continues to report sporadic cases of monkeypox since
the outbreak was declared in September 2017 following the
identification of the first laboratory confirmed case. During the
month of November 2019 (epidemiological weeks 45-48), eight
new suspected cases were reported from Lagos (4), Rivers (2),
Akwa Ibom (1) and Oyo (1) states with laboratory confirmation
of one of the cases from Lagos state. No associated deaths were
reported during this period.

On 2 December 2019, the IHR National Focal Point (NFP) of the
United Kingdom (UK) notified WHO of a confirmed monkeypox
case in a traveller returning from Nigeria. The case visited both
Lagos and Rivers states and initially presented at a hospital in
Rivers with symptoms including headache, fever, itchy head and
some skin lesions on 21 November 2019. Following the case’s
return to the UK, monkeypox was confirmed by PCR testing
conducted at the UK reference laboratory on 3 December 2019.
The mode of infection is currently unknown.

Since the beginning of the year, a total of 106 suspected cases
have been reported from 14 states, with the majority 90 (85%) of
the cases concentrated in Lagos, Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom and
Bayelsa states. Of these suspected cases, 44 (42%) have been
laboratory confirmed. One associated death has been reported
from Lagos state accounting for a case fatality ratio of 0.9%
among the cases.

Individuals aged 21 - 40 years were the most affected by this
outbreak, accounting for 80% of confirmed cases although
suspected cases have been reported in all age groups. Males
were disproportionately affected by this outbreak, with a male to
female ratio of 2.7:1 among cases.

Since the beginning of the outbreak in September 2017, 181
confirmed cases with nine associated deaths have been reported
from 18 states including Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, Imo,
Akwa Ibom, Lagos, Delta, Bauchi, FCT, Abia, Oyo, Enugu, Ekiti,
Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau, Edo and Anambra states.

PUBLIC HEALTH ACTIONS

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is leading a
multi-agency, multi-disciplinary Technical Working Group to
coordinate the support rendered to affected states.

Surveillance for suspected cases has been enhanced and is
ongoing in the affected states.

Rapid Response Teams have been deployed to most affected
states and continued remote support is being provided to all
states.

The National Reference Laboratory in Abuja continues to
conduct confirmatory tests for Monkeypox.

WHO is working in close collaboration with the Nigeria NFP, the UK National
Focal Point (NFP), and other NFPs to facilitate the sharing of relevant
information regarding identified contacts that have left the UK to travel to
other countries.

SITUATION INTERPRETATION

Sporadic cases of monkeypox continue to be reported in many states of the country.

The recent exportation of a case to the United Kingdom highlights the risk of
spread of the disease to other countries. As Nigeria continues to improve detection
and response capacities for monkeypox cases, countries are advised to heighten
surveillance at points-of-entry to ensure early detection of imported cases. At national
level, there is a need to improve case investigation and case follow-up including one
health surveillance (human, animal and environmental) in the affected states. It is
also essential to intensify efforts around risk communication activities and advocacy,
especially in the most affected states, in order to improve public awareness.

https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/330302/OEW51-23122019.pdf

 

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Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/nigeria/monkeypox-outbreak-nigeria-situation-report-12-december-2019

Monkeypox Outbreak in Nigeria: Situation Report #12 (December 2019)
Report from Government of Nigeria
Published on 31 Dec 2019 — View Original


EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SUMMARY

Nigeria continues to report sporadic cases of monkeypox since September, 2017

In the reporting month, six new suspected monkeypox cases were reported from fivestates - Lagos (1), Rivers (1) Oyo (1), Imo (1) and Plateau (2)

Of the suspected cases two were confirmed positive for monkeypox in Rivers (1) and Imo (1) states

One case of monkeypox was confirmed in the United Kingdom on 4th December, 2019 in a traveler from Nigeria.

No death recorded in the reporting month

In 2019, a total of 113 suspected cases were reported between January and December. Of the suspected cases, 46 were confirmed from nine states (Bayelsa, Lagos, Delta, Rivers,Akwa ibom, Enugu, Anambra, Cross River, Oyo and Oyo) and one death were recorded

Four states (Lagos, Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa) recorded 85% of the confirmed cases in Nigeria in 2019 -Table 1

Additionally, two monkeypox cases were confirmed in the United Kingdom and Sinhgapore in travelers from Nigeria during the year. The two cases had travelled to Delta state and departed Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos..