The Federal Ministry of Health and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention have designed a health declaration form for international passengers to guide against the surging new strain of monkeypox in some African countries from spreading to Nigeria. The new variant of monkeypox started ravaging African countries especially DR Congo in September 2024. Deadlier and more transmissible than previous forms, the mpox strain, known as the Clade Ib subclade, spread from person to person. The World Health Organisation says it was considering convening an expert committee to advise on whether to declare an international emergency, as it did during the global mpox outbreak in 2022.