Diphtheria: Four children dead, 28 hospitalised in Kano

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28 others were said to have been hospitalised, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Information Officer of the local government, Tasiu Dadin-Duniya, Punch reports. Kano, Yobe, Bauchi, Katsina and Borno accounted for 98.9 per cent of the 16,518 confirmed cases recorded across 160 LGAs in 22 states from week 19, 2022 to week 11 of 2024, according to the latest NCDC data sent to PREMIUM TIMES.

The Public Relations Officer of the state’s Ministry of Health, Ibrahim Abdullahi, said the report had been forwarded to the State Director of Public Health and had yet to confirm or deny the outbreak.Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection caused by the bacterium corynebacterium species that affects the nose, throat, and sometimes, the skin of an individual.

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Fresh outbreak of diphtheria kills four persons in KanoNo fewer than four children have reportedly lost their lives to diphtheria outbreak in Minjibir Local Government Area of Kano State. The Information Officer of the local government, Mr Tasiu Yahaya, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Thursday in Kano. Yahaya said another 28 children were also infected with the disease.
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