This is by the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC)

On the 22nd of September, 2017, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) was notified of a case of suspected Monkeypox.

The case was identified in an 11-year-old male patient who was presented to the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in Nigeria.

Subsequently, 11 other cases were identified. All the cases are currently receiving appropriate medical care. All the patients are improving clinically and there have been no deaths.

As at 1st October 2017, 32 close contacts of the cases have been identified, advised appropriately and are being monitored.

A Rapid Response Team from NCDC was immediately deployed to support the Bayelsa State Government in the investigations and public health response to the outbreak.

All what to know about Monkeypox, Keep Reading- http://blog.ebolaalert.org/alert-suspected-monkeypox-outbreak-in-nigeria/

Before 2017, an outline of previous #MonekyPox outbreaks across the world.