The viral illness was found in a US resident, who recently travelled from Nigeria and currently hospitalised in Dallas.
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The NCDC made this known on its official website on Thursday night.
The Head of Media of, Jeremiah Agenyi, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that the commission was well aware of the reported cases of patients with the deadly disease in the UK.
Liberia’s chief medical officer, Francis Kateh, said the disease, caused by the monkeypox virus, has already been discovered in the southern county of River Cess.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria who monitored the exercise on Tuesday in Gwagwalada, reports that some parents prevented health workers from immunising their children.
Already, two suspected cases have been confirmed by the State Government
Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Chief Executive Officer of NCDC, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Abuja that the centre was taking steps to manage the cases and prevent further spread of the disease