The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says no fewer than 1,191 persons have been killed by diphtheria from May 2023 to date across Nigeria.
The Incident Manager of the National Diphtheria Emergency Operations Centre of the NCDC, Muzzammil Gadanya, disclosed this on Wednesday in Kaduna during the National Intra-Action Review Meeting for Diphtheria outbreak.
He said the country recorded suspected cases of more than 38,000 persons while the number of confirmed cases stood at…
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