The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday, said Nigeria has recorded the highest monkey pox death toll and confirmed cases in Africa.
The organisation’s Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, disclosed this during a virtual press briefing tagged, ‘Road to defeating Meningitis by 2030.’
Moeti said the majority of monkeypox cases are in Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Ghana.
She added that out of the 12 deaths recorded, six occurred in Nigeria, four in Ghana, and two in the Central African Republic.
Currently, there are now 524 confirmed cases and 12 deaths across 11 African countries.
