“As of September 24th, 2023, there have been 11,587 reported suspected cases out of which 7,202 were confirmed cases from 105 Local Government Areas in States including the FCT. Most of the confirmed cases were recorded in Kano.“Other States with cases are Yobe , Katsina , Borno , Kaduna , Jigawa , Bauchi , Lagos , FCT , Gombe , Osun , Sokoto , Niger , Cross River , Enugu , Imo , Nasarawa and Zamfara .
Ifedayo Adetifa, is responsible for the overall coordination of all activities encompassing government and development partners’ response activities at national and sub-national levels in the country.The agencies have, therefore, urged parents to ensure that their children are fully vaccinated against diphtheria with the three doses of diphtheria antitoxin-containing pentavalent vaccine given as part of Nigeria’s childhood immunisation schedule.
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