Nigeria records mpox cases amid global health emergency

An undated colorized electron micrograph of mpox virus particles (red) found within an infected cell (brown) cultured in the laboratory, captured at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Fort Detrick, Maryland. (NIAID via Reuters)

Barely 48 hours after the World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency, Nigeria went on high alert Friday, announcing new mpox cases and raising concerns about the country’s ability to contain the outbreak.