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Nigeria confirms 21 monkeypox cases

Monkeypox test.

The World Health Organization (WHO) raising the alarm on increasing monkeypox cases around the world. PHOTO | COURTESY

By  XINHUA

Xinhua News Organisation

What you need to know:

  • Monkeypox is common in wild animals like primates and rodents, but humans can also get infected.
  • Symptoms include skin rashes, fever, headache, muscle ache, backache, swollen lymph nodes, chills and exhaustion.

 LAGOS,

Nigeria has recorded 21 confirmed monkeypox cases across nine states and one death since January 2022, the country’s disease control agency has said.

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