Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said it has activated a national multi-sectoral Emergency Operations Centre for Moneypox at level 2 to strengthen and coordinate ongoing response activities in-country.
It said that genomic surveillance is ongoing at NCDC’s National Reference Laboratory in Abuja and so far all of the cases have been confirmed to be caused by West Africa clade Monkeypox virus.
A statement issued by the centre last night said that the measure was based on the report of a preliminary risk assessment done by a group of Subject Matter Experts from the NCDC, relevant government Ministries Departments and Agencies and partner agencies.
Meanwhile 21 cases have been confirmed in Nigeria.
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