NCDC stated that the cases were identified among 16 suspected cases across four LGAs in two states The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has recorded three new confirmed cases ...
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Why diphtheria is upon us!
There is growing panic over the outbreak of the disease known as diphtheria in different parts of Nigeria. Diphtheria, also recognised as one of the six killer diseases of children, was thought to ...
Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...
A CASE of a deadly bacterial infection has been reported in Ireland – and it’s only the third since 1967. A recent lockdown ...
Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported that 1,319 people have died in the country’s ongoing diphtheria outbreak.
A public health incident management team was established after the bacteria was detected in a throat swab from a 19-year-old ...
Says 34 contacts placed on observation…Govt activates EOC, appeals for calm… Mass vaccination of students to begin today By ...
Following the Diphtheria outbreak at Kings College, Lagos, a Consultant Psychiatrist, Stephen Oluwaniyi, has highlighted the ...
A six-year-old who recently returned from a vacation in Zanzibar, East Africa, has been diagnosed with diphtheria in Wrocław, ...
THE Lagos State government, yesterday, commenced an emergency vaccination exercise for diphtheria for students and staff of ...
The diphtheria outbreak at Kings College VI Annexe in Lagos has taken a tragic turn with the death of a 12-year-old student, ...