The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said that as of December 23, the country registered 49 confirmed cases and no new death from Monkeypox (Mpox) cases.
The NCDC, via its official website on Thursday, said that this was a 9 per cent increase in the number of new confirmed cases when compared to the last report.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Monkeypox, has no been renamed Mpox to avoid the racist and stigmatising language used for the disease that originated in Africa.
