•Diphtheria disease The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak. The NCDC said this in its latest situation report from the National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) published yesterday via its official website. Diphtheria is a seriou...
•Diphtheria disease Following the outbreak of diphtheria in King’s College, Victoria Island Annexe, the Lagos State Government has officially confirmed the death of the index case even as it disclosed that 34 closed contacts of the deceased student have been placed on observation. The state government also said 14 out of the 34 have shown [&he...
•Diphtheria The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said yesterday that no fewer than 1,191 people have been killed by diphtheria from May 2023 to date across Nigeria. Dr Muzzammil Gadanya, the Incident Manager, National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre (NCDC), disclosed this in Kaduna during the National Intra-Action Review Meetin...
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