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Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa has disclosed that Nigeria currently has the highest monkeypox death toll and confirmed cases in Africa.
Moeti revealed this during a virtual press briefing tagged ‘Road to defeating Meningitis by 2030.’
According to her, the majority of monkeypox cases are in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.
“For monkeypox, there are now 524 confirmed cases and 12 deaths across 11 African countries.
“The majority of cases are in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Ghana. Of the 12 deaths, six occurred in Nigeria, four in Ghana, and two in the Central African Republic.
“Although no single monkeypox vaccine has been administered to any high-risk group in any of the African countries reporting cases, WHO has provided 39,000 test kits to countries, enabling improved testing rates", she said.
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